Is the Hpatitis B carrier can't became a priest

Due to my nephew is a hepatitis b carrer,he was kicked outta the theological college by such reason,his parish's priest say he can never become priest with such disease,and call him to quit.All of my relatives angry about this.

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Government Proposes to Include Hepatitis B in National Immunisation Programme

Hepatitis B disease does not have any effective treatment but there is a highly safe and effective vaccine, which can prevent hepatitis B infection and its serious consequences like liver cirrhosis and liver cancer. Administering Hepatitis B vaccine to all infants in National Immunization Programme would save more than 1.5 million (15 lakhs) chronic Hepatitis B infections and more than 0.2 million (2 lakhs) deaths due to Hepatitis B.

The country would need more than 6 million doses of Hepatitis B vaccine per year. To vaccinate all infants the country would require approx 100 million doses.

At present five-vaccine manufacturing institutions are manufacturing the Hepatitis B vaccine in the country. The combined installed capacity of the five institutions is 5160 lakhs doses per annum. read more

Health Hazards of International Travel

With the increasing number of people traveling internationally, the risk of diseases carried across national boundaries also increases. The global society brings with itself global health risks as well.

Among the travel-related diseases most frequently mentioned in the press stories are malaria, travelers' diarrhea, hepatitis A, HIV, various STDs, typhoid, and meningitis.The NPHF paper warned that most travelers do not know anything about such risks and when they do become aware of the danger, it usually proves to be too late.

Only a handful of travelers made sure they received any shots before they flew abroad: 11% for tetanus, 14% for hepatitis A, 13% for hepatitis B, and 5% for yellow fever. 58.4% and 68.7% of travelers reported that they did not receive protection against hepatitis A or hepatitis B, respectivelyread more

HCV viral load before therapy associated with post-treatment relapse in HIV/HCV coinfected

HIV/hepatitis C virus (HCV) coinfected patients who have a high HCV load at the start of treatment for hepatitis C are the group of patients most likely to experience a relapse of their HCV infection, say Spanish researchers writing in the August 1st edition of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes.

Response to anti-HCV treatment after a month is also a good predictor of relapse but longer than standard duration of hepatitis C therapy does not improve the chances of HIV/HCV-coinfected patients clearing the virus,

One surprising finding was that HCV/HIV coinfected patients taking potent antiretroviral therapt at the same time as their HCV treatment were more likely to relapse (p = 0.04). The authors say that finding could indirectly reflect patients with more advanced HIV disease who may have lost some of the immune function involved in therapy-induced HCV clearance.read more

Physician Calls for Premarital Hepatitis Test

JEDDAH, 23 August 2007 — Saudi consultant Dr. Khaled Al-Qahtani, head of the liver unit at King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Riyadh, is calling for a hepatitis test to be added to the premarital medical tests, which include tests for genetic compatibility due to the propensity for consanguineous marriages in Saudi society.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 80 percent of hepatitis patients allow their disease to become a chronic and 20 percent develop cirrhosis; five percent of the 20 percent would have liver cancer in the following 10 years of their lives.

Hepatitis is a highly infectious disease that is easier to contract than AIDS. It is transmitted by blood and other body fluids.

There are vaccinations for Hepatitis, but they involve a series of three shots over a six-month period and many people are not vaccinated against the infection.read more

Maryland:Billboard Campaign Calls Attention To Hepatitis C

A billboard campaign that Maryland state officials hope will raise awareness of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) began appearing this week in the Baltimore area.

"There are ways to protect your liver and avoid transmitting HCV,� said Dr. Michelle A. Gourdine, DHMH deputy secretary for Public Health Services.�If you are at risk, a simple blood test is a good way to learn your status.

"Complications of HCV infection are a serious health burden in our state," Dr. Gourdine said. "That�s why it is so important to help all Marylanders be aware of this important public health problem."read more

More tattoo clients sue

More clients of an Oshawa tattoo and body-piercing parlour shut down by Durham health officials have joined a $10-million class-action lawsuit.

Longhorn Custom Bodyart Studio was closed after failing sterilization tests, but re-opened a couple of weeks ago after passing new tests.

Up to 2,000 clients who went to Longhorn between Nov. 17 and Aug. 1 were urged by the Durham Region's health department to get blood tests for hepatitis B, C and HIV after it was determined the sterilization equipment had malfunctioned in that time period.
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Dirty hypodermic needle infects Palestinian prisoner with disease

The wife of Othman Suleiman, a Palestinian prisoner serving a lifetime sentence in Israeli detention camps, spoke with grave sorrow over the health condition of her husband.Hepatitis C occurred to him.

The suffering, Mrs Suleiman says, started several months ago, when her husband, 33, became very sick, and was transported to a military hospital located near the detention camp he was held in. The Israeli doctors in the military hospital diagnosed Suleiman with an advanced case of the Hepatitis C liver disease.
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