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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 />
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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 />
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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 />
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