Africa-Press – Cape verde. The National Director of Health, Ângela Gomes, said today that the incidence rate of viral hepatitis has decreased over the years in Cape Verde.
“In the last year, the statistical report for 2021 showed only 99 cases of hepatitis against 250 cases in 2018, we think that this rate has tended to decrease over the years”, advanced this health official, at the opening of the Seminar entitled “Hepatitis Virais Inform Raising Awareness”, which took place in the city of Praia, as part of the celebration of the World Day of Viral Hepatitis.
According to him, the average incidence of hepatitis has fluctuated over the years in the country, with some advances, considering that vaccination coverage is “very high” in Cabo Verde, and that, even so, they should be better aligned with the prevention strategies. screening of traces. The incidence rate fluctuates according to the percentage of the screened population.
The national director also added that progress had been made in terms of prevention, as vaccination is carried out right at the beginning, in children after birth, within the first 24 hours, and that this vaccination rate is above 99%, stressing that in Cabo In green, there is no mother-to-child transmission, while population screening has been carried out using specific blood tests for each type of hepatitis.
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