- (Note - Current UN AIDS statistics project 65
million have died from or are currently infected with AIDS. Hepatitis
C will often kill in the same or less time as HIV/AIDS. Think about the
total numbers now infected by these two global epidemics...and then think
about global population reduction... -ed)
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- RAWALPINDI - About 175 million
people around the world are suffering from HCV infection that represents
a viral pandemic, said Surgeon General Pakistan Army Lieutenant General
Karamat Ahmad Karamat on Monday. "A percentage of 0.04 per cent to
14 per cent of population in various countries of the world is suffering
from the chronic HCV infection," he said while addressing a symposium
on Hepatitis C organised by the Armed Forces Post Graduate Medical Institute
and Armed Forces Institute of Transfusion at the Faruki Auditorium of Armed
Forces Institute of Pathology.
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- Speaking as chief guest, Lt-Gen Karamat said: "In
our society, Hepatitis C varies from 3.5 per cent to 5.0 per cent."
Those affected also included armed forces personnel, he said, adding that
the magnitude of the problem demanded efforts of a team of expert professionals
to deliberate various issues of HCV infection in their respective fields
and formulate an agreed-upon strategy to be implemented accordingly. He
also invited the attention of all doctors in attendance and those who participated
to prevent, treat and ultimately eradicate HCV infection from the society.
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- The surgeon-general emphasised the need to organise various
workshops and seminars to prove instrumental in preventing heart diseases,
thyroid disorders and tuberculosis. He hoped that the symposium would prove
to be a milestone in achieving the prevention and ultimate eradication
of HCV infection from the society.
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- Principal Army Medical College Major General Asad Mehmood
Malik and Director General Medicine Major General Shujaat Hussain chaired
the two distinguished sessions of the symposium. Besides, other professional
experts from Pakistan Army Medical Corps delivered lecture on Hepatitis
C in the international scenario. The symposium was attended by a large
number of doctors from Pakistan Army and civilian medical institutions.
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- The News International, Pakistan
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- http://jang.com.pk/thenews/aug2002-daily/13-08-2002/metro/i6.htm
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