United Hospital Thursday observed World Hepatitis Day 2022. With the theme "Hepatitis, Can't Wait," the day aimed to highlight the need to accelerate the fight against viral hepatitis and the importance of testing and treatment for the people who need it. United Hospital conducted free health check-ups in a booth in the hospital lobby. More than 500 patients and their family members availed free check-ups throughout the day, according to a media statement. Mahbub Uddin Ahmed, director of medical services of United Healthcare Services, inaugurated the booth. Read: 5.5% people of the country carriers of Hepatitis B virus: speakers Interventional gastroenterologist and hepatologist Dr AQM Mohsen, also director of United Gastroliver Centre, and Dr Mohammed Mahbub Alam, senior consultant at gastroenterology and hepatology department, were present. Also, United Hospital is conducting a week-long social awareness programme on the occasion of World Hepatitis Day. Gastroenterologists and hepatologists of the hospital will attend seminars, free health check-up camps, and hepatitis awareness activities at various clubs, and corporate houses.

Aiming to lower the incidence of liver cancer among patients with hepatitis B, China has launched a research project on Tuesday, marking the World Hepatitis Day.

Countries around the globe are observing the World Hepatitis Day on Tuesday.

World Health Organization (WHO) has said the global prevalence of potentially-deadly hepatitis B in children under age five dropped to under one per cent in 2019 down from five per cent in the pre-vaccine decades between the 1980s and early 2000s.