World Hepatitis Day 2025: Why celebrate World Hepatitis Day? What is theme, cause, symptoms

World hepatitis day: On July 28, the world is celebrated as ‘World Hepatitis Day’. The main objective behind celebrating this day is to be aware of people to protect important parts like liver from diseases. Take care of your liver by bringing healthy changes in lifestyle. Liver is a very essential part of the body, which performs many types of functions. To keep the liver healthy, special attention to food has to be paid. Liver is also affected quickly by consuming frequent eating outside, not drinking clean water, alcohol etc. This increases the risk of hepatitis including fatty liver, liver cirrhosis, liver cancer. Talk about hepatitis, it has been named ‘Silent Killer’ in the medical field. In such a situation, it is very important that awareness about this disease should be spread in time. Keeping in mind the objectives of taking measures to fight hepatitis in time, on July 28, on July 28 ‘World Hepatitis Day’ Celebrated as

Is World Hepatitis Day celebrated?
World Hepatitis Day is celebrated on the birthday of Dr. Baruch Bloodberg. He discovered Hepatitis B virus in 1967 and prepared its first vaccine after two years. He was also awarded the Nobel Prize in 1976 for this amazing contribution.

What is the theme of World Hepatitis Day?

This year’s theme of World Hepatitis Day has been kept ‘Hepatitis: Let’s break it down’, that is now the time has come to break every obstacle related to hepatitis. To deal with a serious disease like hepatitis, it will have to work at the ground level, not superficial.

What is WHO’s goal?

The WHO aims to exclude Hepatitis from the list of public health crisis by 2030. Crores of people around the world are living with Hepatitis ‘B’ or ‘C’. Every year this disease kills more than 1.3 million people. This number is more than the number of deaths due to diseases like HIV, malaria and TB. There are measures to prevent and treat hepatitis. Especially hepatitis B and C affect the body for prolonged and increase the number of fatal cases like liver cirrhosis, liver failure and liver cancer.

Types and symptoms of hepatitis

There are many types of hepatitis- A, B, C, D and E. Hepatitis A and E and E spread contaminated food and contaminated water. Hepatitis B, C and D from contact with blood and body fluids. There is more possibility of its spread in conditions such as infected syringe, unprotected sex and infected blood transfusion. The serious thing is that many patients suffering from this disease do not show any symptoms for years and they live. As long as there are symptoms like loss of appetite, abdominal pain, fatigue, fever, darker urination, yellow skin and eyes are seen, then the infection has reached dangerous levels. It is very important to find out the time of hepatitis on time and then treat it immediately, otherwise it can completely ruin the liver.

It is a matter of relief that the vaccine of Hepatitis A and B is present. Hepatitis C is now fully treated, but most people are unable to reach the investigation. Lack of awareness, non -availability of resources and social stigma are still stuck in its prevention.

The WHO strategy is under 2022–2030 to reduce new infections by 90 percent and deaths by 65 percent by 2030, but if immediate and concrete steps are not taken immediately, only hepatitis alone can cause 95 million new infections, 21 lakh liver cancer and 28 lakh deaths by 2030 alone.