Need Stressed To Take Steps To Prevent Hepatitis

The health experts emphasized the need to take measures to prevent hepatitis besides making educational institutions hepatitis-free

BAHAWALPUR, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 28th Jul, 2025) The health experts emphasized the need to take measures to prevent hepatitis besides making educational institutions hepatitis-free.

They said this at a seminar that was organized by the Medical and Health Division of the Islamia University of Bahawalpur on the occasion of World Hepatitis Day. Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Muhammad Kamran, Dr. Syed Tanveer Hussain, Director Health Bahawalpur, Prof. Dr. Qazi Masroor Ali, former Head of Department, Quaid-e-Azam Medical College Bahawalpur, Dr. Muhammad Usman Cheema, Chief Medical Officer, other faculty members and employees participated in the seminar.

Speaking on the occasion, Vice Chancellor, Prof-Dr. Muhammad Kamran said that health is blessing and health should actually be the first priority of every human being. “It is on the basis of health that a person earns his livelihood,” he said, adding, therefore, a person could do all the work only if he is healthy.

He further said that the Islamia University of Bahawalpur has already been working towards a hepatitis-free campus and all possible steps are being taken to ensure the health of all employees and protect them from hepatitis.

Prof-Dr. Qazi Masroor Ali emphasized on changing social behavior to prevent and control the spread of hepatitis. He said, "We all would have to live our lives according to the hygiene principles of health so that hepatitis and liver diseases could be averted. There are facilities for the treatment of hepatitis at the national level," adding that for which vaccines, safe injections, regular medical check-ups are necessary.

Dr. Tanveer Hussain said that according to the World Health Organization, Pakistan and Nigeria are the most affected countries in the world and 12 million people in Pakistan were affected by hepatitis B and C.

Dr. Muhammad Usman Cheema said that there is a hepatitis clinic at the Islamia University of Bahawalpur where teachers, employees and students are screened and treated, adding that the anti-hepatitis campaign has been going on regularly since 2020. On this occasion, Principal Medical Officer Dr. Maleeha Arif gave a special presentation on the prevention and causes of hepatitis. Dr. Saba Tahir, Women Medical Officer also spoke.