HEPATITIS SEMINAR SLIDES.pptx (1).pdf

Seminar slide on hepatitis and it's overall effect on the hepatocytes and how it's aggravates to cirrhosis . The slide provides the basic knowledge on this subject matter

1. SEMINAR PRESENTATION ON PROMOTING THE
INTRODUCTION OF HEPATITIS B BIRTH DOSE
VACCINE BY FRONT LINE HEALTHCARE WORKERS IN
CAMEROON

FACILITATED BY CARE FOR SOCIAL WELFARE
INTERNATIONAL (CASWI) SUPPORTED BY THE
COALITION FOR GLOBAL HEPATITIS ELIMINATION
(CGHE)

2. CARE FOR SOCIAL WELFARE
INTERNATIONAL

The organization is a preventive and early detective
consultancy medical, teens/youth development
(education/empowerment) women & girls
development and community development
organization charged with the responsibility of
advocacy, creation of awareness, implementation of
maternal and child health programmes, Viral and
Non-Viral Hepatitis/STI related projects,
Teens/Youth Education with Empowerment
programmes, Women/Girls development project
and Community support.

The Association is made up of both Medical and
Non Medical Professional from various Sphere of
Live.

3. THE LIVER

▪ The Liver is the Largest internal Organ in the body.
▪ Representing 2.5% of body weight.
▪ Located behind the ribcage in the right upper quadrant of the
abdominal cavity, below the diaphragm.

4. Functions of the Liver
How much your liver loves you
The liver performs over 500 functions in the body, and process every thing that goes into our body
from
Solid,
Liquid,
Gaseous
part of which includes
▪Stores the Iron; reserves you need, as well as vitamin and other minerals (without it you wouldn't
have the strength to carry on).
▪Makes Bile to help digest your food (without it you can’t produce waste).
▪Detoxify Poisonous Chemicals: alcohol, drugs, smoke, insecticides (without it your bad habit will
destroy you and you will be poisoned of pollutant).
▪Store Energy: glucose, fat, carbohydrate (without it your sugar level in your blood could fall
dramatically and you go into coma).
▪Makes the Blood (without it you wouldn't be here).
▪Manufacture New Protein: needed for your body to grow and stay healthy (without it, you wouldn't
grow properly).
▪Defend You: against germs, flu bugs (without me every infections known to man will destroy you).

5. HEPATITIS

Is Simply the Inflammation of the Liver. i.e. The Enlargement or
Swollen of the Liver by Viral Infection/Non Viral which gets into the
Liver by Various Means and Attack the Liver Cells.

7. GENERAL MODE OF TRANSMISSION
Unprotected Sex
Blood Transfusion
Sharing Needles and Sharp Objects
Contact with infected Blood or Body Fluid (semen, virginal discharge).
Mother to Child (mostly leads to chronic stage).

8. FACTS ABOUT HEPATITIS B
✔HEPATITIS is A Silent Killer “Hepatitis KILLS 100 times FASTER
Than HIV/AIDS.
✔ Spreads 100 times faster than HIV/AIDS.
✔1 person dies of Hepatitis/hepatitis related illness in every passing
30 seconds (WHA 2021).
✔1 out of every 11 Person is already Infected world.
✔90% of People Living with Hepatitis are UNAWARE OF IT.
✔Hepatitis is CLOSER Than You THINK.
✔Hepatitis is PREVENTABLE and TREATABLE only if detected on
time.

9. FEW SYMPTOMS OF HEPATITIS
❖Constant headache
❖Malaise
❖Fever
❖Nausea/vomit
❖Upper quadrant/Abdominal
❖Weight loss
❖Loss of Appetite
❖Clayed coloured stool
❖Dark urine
❖Jaundice (yellow eyes) etc.

10. THE BURDEN OF HEPATITIS B VIRUS
INFECTION IN CAMEROON
∙Currently over 2.7 million Cameroonians are chronically infected

∙1 out of every 10 people in Cameroon is already infected with chronic
hepatitis B.

∙Reduce healthy work fore population of the country.

∙Increased Discrimination in the society.

∙High cost treatment.

∙Depression.

11. THE IMPACT OF MOTHER TO CHILD TRANSMISSION OF
HEPATITIS B VIRUS ON CHILDREN HEALTH .
•Mother to child transmission of hepatitis B virus is the leading
mode of transmission of hepatitis B.

•Associated with the highest risk of developing lifelong liver disease
including liver cancer;

•90% of babies infected with HBV at birth will develop a lifelong
infection.

•Severe complications of infection e.g. cirrhosis and liver cancer are
realized later in life.

•One in four will die prematurely from liver disease including liver
cancer.

12. THE NEED TO INTRODUCE HEPATITIS B BIRTH DOSE VACCINE INTO
THE NATIONAL IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMME
•Hepatitis B is a the best way to prevent and eliminate
mother to child transmission at birth.

•Children who receive a hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours
after birth and complete the infant hepatitis B vaccine series
are protected against hepatitis B infection.

•Prevents the burden of treating infected persons later in life.

13. •Hepatitis B vaccine is very safe and is recommended by WHO.

•The virus can survive or live on an object and can be infectious
for seven (7) days or more, even in dried form.

•Country meets with the UN SDG 2030 deadline in eliminating
Hepatitis.
THE NEED TO INTRODUCE HEPATITIS B BIRTH DOSE VACCINE INTO
THE NATIONAL IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMME

14. THE ROLE OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS IN PROMOTING
HEPATITIS B BIRTH DOSE VACCINE IN CAMEROON.
•Educate pregnant mother about Hepatitis B and the need for
Hepatitis B Birth Dose vaccines for their child.

•Ensure that all pregnant mothers at your facilities are screened of
Hepatitis Bat their antenatal visit.

•Register all pregnant hepatitis B positive mother for treatment and
counselling.

15. •Ensure the availability and proper storage of Hepatitis B Birth Dose
vaccine in your facilities.

•Ensure that infants are vaccinated at birth in line with global best
practice.

•Follow up patients on vaccination to ensure completion of three
dose vaccine.
THE ROLE OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS IN PROMOTING
HEPATITIS B BIRTH DOSE VACCINE IN CAMEROON.

16. PEOPLE AT RISK


Anybody who is not yet VACCINATED

is

at

RISK

17. THANK YOU

For

LISTENING

18. Q & A