8,600 newly diagnosed viral hepatitis incidences recorded in Kyrgyzstan in 2019

AKIPRESS.COM - 8,605 newly diagnosed virus hepatitis cases were recorded in Kyrgyzstan in 11 months of 2019, said Health Ministry. 8,850 cases were registered in the corresponding period of 2018, the index decreased by 2.3%.
94.5% of virus hepatitis is accounted for A hepatitis.
AIDS center in Bishkek annually conducts examination of up to 140,000 people for hepatitis B and C. The treatment of hepatitis B and C among HIV-infected people and vaccination against hepatitis B was launched since 2018.