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Continued from page 65– West Africa: Health - Battling<br />

Hepatitis<br />

Public Health in Niger, said that the fragmented studies<br />

into this disease in his country show a general<br />

prevalence rate of up to 14 percent of the population.<br />

This places Niger in the group of countries with strong<br />

endemicity, he told IPS.<br />

"The precautions to be taken to prevent transmission are,<br />

among others, the systematic use of prophylactics and<br />

avoiding the exchange of used syringes, scarifications,<br />

piercing, group circumcision with poorly sterilised<br />

instruments, and excision," said Djibo.<br />

In Mauritania, some 500,000 people are infected with<br />

hepatitis B and around 600,000 others are infected by<br />

hepatitis C, according to the secretary general of the<br />

country's health ministry, Sidi Ali Ould Sidi Boubacar.<br />

Around 3,500 people die from the two forms of hepatitis<br />

each year, he told IPS.<br />

"To better fight against viral infections, the government<br />

several months ago initiated an Expanded Programme of<br />

Immunisation and implemented a policy guaranteeing<br />

treatment after a diagnosis of the virus," he said.<br />

http://allafrica.<strong>com</strong>/stories/201108030008.html<br />

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Medics use ARVs to Treat<br />

Hepatitis B<br />

By Martin Okudi & Felix Warom<br />

September 20, 2011<br />

Daily Monitor<br />

ADJUMANI<br />

Medical personnel in Adjumani District have resorted to<br />

a desperate Plan B to treat Hepatitis B after<br />

re<strong>com</strong>mended drugs ran out of supply. They are now<br />

using Anti-Retrovirals (ARVs), which <strong>com</strong>binations are<br />

meant for HIV treatment.<br />

Officials confirmed that ARVs can also be used to treat<br />

Hepatitis B disease. Adjumani Hospital acting Medical<br />

Superintendent, Dr Dominic Drametu, told Daily<br />

Monitor yesterday that they are using drugs such<br />

lamivudine and tenofovia for treating Hepatitis B.<br />

“Unfortunately, these drugs are meant for treating HIV<br />

but many times when there is shortage, we use these<br />

drugs to treat Hepatitis B patients. It has helped,” Dr<br />

Drametu said. But there is worry that if Hepatitis B<br />

drugs are not procured, there will be shortage of ARVs<br />

for HIV/Aids patients too. Hepatitis B vaccine is<br />

expensive. A dose of three shots costs about Shs90,000,<br />

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medics say.<br />

In the last three years, the hospital has treated about 90<br />

cases with eight deaths. And on average, the hospital<br />

handles one or two cases of Hepatitis B every month.<br />

The disease is transmitted in much the same way as HIV<br />

but it is 10 times more infectious than HIV and the virus<br />

is also resilient.<br />

http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/-/688334/1239238/-<br />

/bj6jebz/-/index.html<br />

☻☻☻☻☻☻<br />

The Hepatitis B Vaccine is<br />

linked to Infant Death,<br />

Multiple Sclerosis and<br />

Autoimmune Disorders<br />

By Anthony Gucciardi<br />

June 02, 2011<br />

(NaturalNews) The hepatitis B vaccine has been<br />

approved for all U.S. infants at birth, but is it really safe<br />

For a "preventative" vaccination, the amounts of<br />

<strong>com</strong>plications associated with the hepatitis B vaccination<br />

are quite shocking. In fact, a number of peer-reviewed<br />

studies have found a relationship between the hep B<br />

vaccination and infant deaths both in the U.S. and<br />

Europe. With links to sudden infant death syndrome<br />

(SIDS), multiple sclerosis, and numerous chronic<br />

autoimmune disorders, some doctors are speaking out<br />

against the dangers of the hep B vaccine.<br />

The debate over the dangers of the hepatitis B vaccine<br />

may in fact be over, according to a court case reported<br />

on by Child Health Safety. In a case in which the court<br />

ruled in favor of the plaintiff, who had developed<br />

systemic lupus erythematosus as a result of receiving the<br />

hep B vaccine, the U.S. government was forced to admit<br />

that the vaccine led to the development of the disease.<br />

While the plaintiff was deceased at the time the decision<br />

was made, it was a landmark case in the fight to uncover<br />

the truth regarding the hepatitis B injection. The United<br />

States Court of Federal Claims document explains:<br />

"Tambra Harris ... filed a petition for <strong>com</strong>pensation<br />

alleging that she suffered certain injuries as a result of<br />

receiving a vaccination. Among the injuries petitioner<br />

alleged that she had suffered as a result of receiving a<br />

hepatitis B vaccination was systemic lupus<br />

erythematosus (SLE) ... A lump sum of $475,000.00 in<br />

the form of a check payable to petitioner as<br />

Administratrix of the Estate of Tambra Harris."<br />

Continued on page 67

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