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EU health watchdog urges countries to boost fight against hepatitis

STORY: EU health watchdog urges countries to boost fight against hepatitis SHOOTING TIME: April 25, 2024 DATELINE: April 26, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:57 LOCATION: Stockholm CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2. various of fact sheet of ECDC publication (credit: ECDC) 3. various of Stockholm street view STORYLINE: The European Union's (EU) health watchdog on Thursday urged its member states to boost testing for hepatitis B and C, which infected approximately 5.4 million people in Europe chronically. This could help prevent complications such as cirrhosis and liver cancer, the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said. According to the center's latest estimate, around 3.6 million people in 30 countries in the EU/European Economic Area (EEA) are chronically infected with hepatitis B. A further 1.8 million people are estimated to have chronic hepatitis C. The prevalence of the disease varies considerably across countries and

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Pro-BNP Gathering - Dhaka

Pro-BNP lawyers gather in a protest and formed a human chain in front of the Supreme Court demanding the BNP (Bangladesh Nationalist Party) Chairperson Khaleda Zia's constitutional right to receive advanced treatment abroad be confirmed , in Dhaka, Bangladesh, October 11, 2023. Khaleda Zia was sent to Old Dhaka Central Jail she was convicted in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case by a lower court on February 8, 2018. On March 25, 2020, the BNP chief was released from jail upon an executive order on some conditions considering her age and humanitarian ground following an application by her family. Khaleda has been suffering from various ailments, including liver cirrhosis, arthritis, diabetes, kidney, lung, heart, and eye problems. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pro-BNP Gathering - Dhaka

Pro-BNP lawyers gather in a protest and formed a human chain in front of the Supreme Court demanding the BNP (Bangladesh Nationalist Party) Chairperson Khaleda Zia's constitutional right to receive advanced treatment abroad be confirmed , in Dhaka, Bangladesh, October 11, 2023. Khaleda Zia was sent to Old Dhaka Central Jail she was convicted in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case by a lower court on February 8, 2018. On March 25, 2020, the BNP chief was released from jail upon an executive order on some conditions considering her age and humanitarian ground following an application by her family. Khaleda has been suffering from various ailments, including liver cirrhosis, arthritis, diabetes, kidney, lung, heart, and eye problems. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pro-BNP Gathering - Dhaka

Pro-BNP lawyers gather in a protest and formed a human chain in front of the Supreme Court demanding the BNP (Bangladesh Nationalist Party) Chairperson Khaleda Zia's constitutional right to receive advanced treatment abroad be confirmed , in Dhaka, Bangladesh, October 11, 2023. Khaleda Zia was sent to Old Dhaka Central Jail she was convicted in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case by a lower court on February 8, 2018. On March 25, 2020, the BNP chief was released from jail upon an executive order on some conditions considering her age and humanitarian ground following an application by her family. Khaleda has been suffering from various ailments, including liver cirrhosis, arthritis, diabetes, kidney, lung, heart, and eye problems. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pro-BNP Gathering - Dhaka

Pro-BNP lawyers gather in a protest and formed a human chain in front of the Supreme Court demanding the BNP (Bangladesh Nationalist Party) Chairperson Khaleda Zia's constitutional right to receive advanced treatment abroad be confirmed , in Dhaka, Bangladesh, October 11, 2023. Khaleda Zia was sent to Old Dhaka Central Jail she was convicted in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case by a lower court on February 8, 2018. On March 25, 2020, the BNP chief was released from jail upon an executive order on some conditions considering her age and humanitarian ground following an application by her family. Khaleda has been suffering from various ailments, including liver cirrhosis, arthritis, diabetes, kidney, lung, heart, and eye problems. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pro-BNP Gathering - Dhaka

Pro-BNP lawyers gather in a protest and formed a human chain in front of the Supreme Court demanding the BNP (Bangladesh Nationalist Party) Chairperson Khaleda Zia's constitutional right to receive advanced treatment abroad be confirmed , in Dhaka, Bangladesh, October 11, 2023. Khaleda Zia was sent to Old Dhaka Central Jail she was convicted in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case by a lower court on February 8, 2018. On March 25, 2020, the BNP chief was released from jail upon an executive order on some conditions considering her age and humanitarian ground following an application by her family. Khaleda has been suffering from various ailments, including liver cirrhosis, arthritis, diabetes, kidney, lung, heart, and eye problems. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pro-BNP Gathering - Dhaka

Pro-BNP lawyers gather in a protest and formed a human chain in front of the Supreme Court demanding the BNP (Bangladesh Nationalist Party) Chairperson Khaleda Zia's constitutional right to receive advanced treatment abroad be confirmed , in Dhaka, Bangladesh, October 11, 2023. Khaleda Zia was sent to Old Dhaka Central Jail she was convicted in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case by a lower court on February 8, 2018. On March 25, 2020, the BNP chief was released from jail upon an executive order on some conditions considering her age and humanitarian ground following an application by her family. Khaleda has been suffering from various ailments, including liver cirrhosis, arthritis, diabetes, kidney, lung, heart, and eye problems. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pro-BNP Gathering - Dhaka

Pro-BNP lawyers gather in a protest and formed a human chain in front of the Supreme Court demanding the BNP (Bangladesh Nationalist Party) Chairperson Khaleda Zia's constitutional right to receive advanced treatment abroad be confirmed , in Dhaka, Bangladesh, October 11, 2023. Khaleda Zia was sent to Old Dhaka Central Jail she was convicted in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case by a lower court on February 8, 2018. On March 25, 2020, the BNP chief was released from jail upon an executive order on some conditions considering her age and humanitarian ground following an application by her family. Khaleda has been suffering from various ailments, including liver cirrhosis, arthritis, diabetes, kidney, lung, heart, and eye problems. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pro-BNP Gathering - Dhaka

Pro-BNP lawyers gather in a protest and formed a human chain in front of the Supreme Court demanding the BNP (Bangladesh Nationalist Party) Chairperson Khaleda Zia's constitutional right to receive advanced treatment abroad be confirmed , in Dhaka, Bangladesh, October 11, 2023. Khaleda Zia was sent to Old Dhaka Central Jail she was convicted in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case by a lower court on February 8, 2018. On March 25, 2020, the BNP chief was released from jail upon an executive order on some conditions considering her age and humanitarian ground following an application by her family. Khaleda has been suffering from various ailments, including liver cirrhosis, arthritis, diabetes, kidney, lung, heart, and eye problems. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pro-BNP Gathering - Dhaka

Pro-BNP lawyers gather in a protest and formed a human chain in front of the Supreme Court demanding the BNP (Bangladesh Nationalist Party) Chairperson Khaleda Zia's constitutional right to receive advanced treatment abroad be confirmed , in Dhaka, Bangladesh, October 11, 2023. Khaleda Zia was sent to Old Dhaka Central Jail she was convicted in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case by a lower court on February 8, 2018. On March 25, 2020, the BNP chief was released from jail upon an executive order on some conditions considering her age and humanitarian ground following an application by her family. Khaleda has been suffering from various ailments, including liver cirrhosis, arthritis, diabetes, kidney, lung, heart, and eye problems. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kono receives part of son's liver in transplant

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Yohei Kono (L) received part of his son's liver in an operation at Shinshu University Hospital in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, on April 16. Kono, 65, underwent the operation to treat liver cirrhosis because his hepatitis C has worsened. His 39-year-old son Taro (R) is parliamentary secretary at the Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications Ministry.

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Mother donates part of her liver to save baby boy in China

STORY: Mother donates part of her liver to save baby boy in China DATELINE: March 23, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:41 LOCATION: WUHAN, China CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the scene of the operations in Tongji Hospital, C China STORYLINE: A 40-year-old mother has donated 19 percent of her liver to her baby boy to save his life in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province. Sixteen-month-old Yangyang was diagnosed with biliary atresia and irreversible cirrhosis. Doctors on Monday performed two operations for mother and son respectively, both of which went well. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Wuhan, China. (XHTV)

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Kono receives part of son's liver in transplant

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Yohei Kono (L) received part of his son's liver in an operation at Shinshu University Hospital in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, on April 16. Kono, 65, underwent the operation to treat liver cirrhosis because his hepatitis C has worsened. His 39-year-old son Taro (R) is parliamentary secretary at the Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications Ministry.