Hepatitis is a disease that means there is injury to the liver and presence of inflammatory cells in the liver tissue. There are some shocking facts about this disease and unfortunately the awareness of this disease is far too low at the moment. The disease is spread quickly because people are unaware that they are infected and this is purely down to lack of knowledge.
500 million people worldwide are currently infected with Hepatitis B or C
This is over 10 times the number infected with HIV/Aids
Between them, Hepatitis B & C kill 1.5 million people per year
One in every three people on the planet have been exposed to either or both viruses
Most of the 500 million don’t even know they are infected
With these shocking facts isn’t it about time that we all did something about it. The awareness for this disease is simply too low. It has no where near the level of awareness that HIV/Aids has and this is the reason that the disease is spreading fast. The World Hepatitis Alliance are asking for people to sign up and support their campaign and to receive more information just go to this site http://www.aminumber12.org
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