'Hepatitis C can be eradicated by
2050 in India if concerted efforts are undertaken'
Over one lakh people get infected by
the deadly Hepatitis C virus (HCV) in India every year. Medical doctors and
patient groups across India have strongly advocated the need to recognize
Hepatitis C as a national health priority and implementation of an integrated
action plan to address the growing burden of the disease in the country.
People now believe that by 2030, the US
may become free of Hepatitis C. So while India has been late in screening,
diagnosis, treatment, our goal should be to scale up in these areas as soon as
possible and aim to get rid of the disease from our country by 2040-50.
With the availability of Sofosbuvir
base oral treatment in India, we hope more and more patients of HCV will benefit
from it.
HCV: The silent killer
India accounts for a significant share
of global HCV infections. It is estimated that 2,88,000 new HCV
infections occurred in India in 2014.
Nearly 96,000 people die annually in
India due to Hepatitis C, which has become a hidden epidemic according to WHO
report, 'Global policy report on prevention and control of viral Hepatitis'.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has called the Hepatitis C virus (HCV) a
“viral time bomb.”
It is essential that the policy makers
pay the much needed attention towards this health issue, despite it being
termed as a silent killer. At the 2010 World Health Assembly, it
recognised the viral hepatitis epidemic as “a global public health problem,” calling
for comprehensive programs that “enhance access to affordable treatment in
developing countries.
HCV is not as rapid a killer as HBV or
HIV; it is a slow and silent killer. If 100 people get infected with Hepatitis
B and they are not treated for it, over the next six months 95% of those people
will be free of the virus and only 5% will remain chronic carriers of HBV.
However, if people are injected with
Hepatitis C, 80% people are at the risk of becoming chronic carriers. HCV is
almost always chronic. Once the HCV enters the blood stream it is unlikely that
a person can be rid of it without medication. This is why an infected person
must not wait and start their treatment as early as possible.
Source: www.zeenews.india.com
06.06.2015
Attention parents! Ineffective
parenting can trigger aggression in your child
“Mummy I want to play video
game,” says three-year-old Sonu while trying to gain his mother's attention.
“Beta, abhi nhi pehle apna homework complete kar lo. (Not now, kid! First
complete your homework),” her mother replies.
Within a few seconds, to the mother's
shock, Sonu starts copying a character in video game and starts hitting her
mother with a plastic bat. The mother also loses her calm and starts beating
the toddler.
Aggressive behaviour among toddlers is
quite common, as experts suggest, because at such a young age, they still
prefer using actions over words to express themselves. But the way Sonu's
mother tried to 'discipline' her son is probably not the most ideal way to
handle child aggression. Reciprocating the child's behaviour with aggression
can rather hamper the growth and development of the child.
On the occasion of 'International Day
of Innocent Children Victims for Aggression', Dr Deepak Gupta, Director, Centre
for Child and Adolescent Well Being (CCAW), while talking to iamin, sheds light
on how ideal parenting can handle the problem of child aggression. “Parents
should understand that aggression is like fever. They should keep calm and try
to calm their child. They should understand what the child is going through,
and communicate with them verbally or non-verbally.”
Aggression has become a way of
communication for children, according to Dr Gupta. Talking about the key
triggers, Dr Gupta further explains, “There are multiple factors which lead to
aggression in children – Aggression in society, bullying, child abuse,
aggression in media (e.g. news, TV, computer games), experience with role
models (e.g. family members, actors, politicians), family stress, disruption
and conflict (e.g. Divorce), Ineffective parenting, Sleep deprivation and
Genetic elements."
The two main triggers for child aggression are – aggression
in society and aggression in media. Shedding light on why the three-year- old
started hitting his mother, Dr Gupta shares that children often emulate their
role-models on television and pick up the wrong habits, consequently becoming
aggressive.
Source: www.zeenews.india.com
06.06.2015
A grateful mind is a great mind which eventually attracts to itself
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