Hepatitis B disease is increasing day by day in Turkey. According to the data of the 2018-2023 Viral Hepatitis Prevention and Control Program prepared by the Viral Hepatitis Fighting Association and the Turkish Liver Research Association together with the Ministry of Health, although hepatitis B disease, which has a low public awareness rate, can be controlled with treatment, unfortunately, adult age above 18 years of age. 1.8 million people in the cluster are unaware of their disease.
Awareness project with the slogan “Leave a Yellow Note for Life” reached 4.5 million people
Viral Hepatitis Fight Association, together with the famous artists Hayrettin and Sarı Mikrofon, last year to increase the awareness of Hepatitis B, “Life Yellow It launched the Hepatitis B awareness project with the slogan “Leave a Note”. From the beginning of the campaign to the present, a total of 4.5 million people have been reached through the website, social media posts
and interviews.
In order to create awareness of hepatitis B in the society and to explain the ways of protection from the disease to more individuals, you can also enter the website of sahibinden.com #Netaşiyorol? You can answer the question, share the campaign’s site on your social media accounts with your response and thus inform more people
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Hayrettin is preparing for a big surprise
The Association for Combating Viral Hepatitis continues its efforts to raise awareness of people about Hepatitis B disease this year as well. Hayrettin, who is the face of the social responsibility project initiated last year to raise awareness of hepatitis B in the society, is preparing for a big surprise this year on July 28, World Hepatitis B Day. Hayrettin’s social media account ‘What could you be carrying?’ With its special Instagram filter, it aims to raise viral awareness about the viral disease and announce it to wider circles. Hayrettin will also publish 10 story images using the Instagram special filter and tagging the campaign account, in the new campaign clip. A music and clip with the theme of Hepatitis B will be prepared, accompanied by scenes collected in the social
media. In October, this video clip is planned to be released for awareness.
Prof. Dr. Fehmi Tabak: “Our aim is to inform the society about the truth”
Leader of the Association for Combating Viral Hepatitis Prof. Dr. Fehmi Tabak stated that with the project they will carry out this year, they aim to reach wider audiences in order to raise awareness about Hepatitis B disease. Emphasizing that everyone is likely to compete with hepatitis viruses, Prof. Dr. Fehmi Tabak stated that he learned that many people carry the virus by chance and continued as follows: “It is possible for a completely healthy person to learn that he is a carrier of type B hepatitis after a blood donation or to hear that he has chronic hepatitis during routine blood checks. It is not difficult to argue
how much one’s psychology can change unnecessarily by learning exaggerated and hearsay information about hepatitis. For this reason, our aim is to inform the society about the truth and to be successful in the fight against the disease. The fight against hepatitis is always together with health workers, lawmakers, health policy makers and the society.”
How is hepatitis B transmitted?
Hepatitis B; It can be easily transmitted by common use of body fluids such as blood, razors, syringes, toothbrushes. Approximately 10 percent of adult patients infected with the virus do not develop immunity to the disease and these individuals become chronic hepatitis B patients. Chronic hepatitis B disease may not show any symptoms for 20-30 years. However, in this quiet respite, the virus continues to negatively affect the liver
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After a while, about 20-30 percent of chronic hepatitis B patients who do not receive treatment may develop significant liver diseases such as cirrhosis or liver cancer. Hepatitis B disease is one of the most common causes of liver diseases and liver cancer. The hepatitis B virus cannot be completely eliminated from the body, but it can be controlled with effective treatment and prevented from causing undesirable results.
