Tbilisi: To provide effective treatment to patients with Hepatitis B, Georgia has launched the first stage of Hepatitis B management plan. Under this management plan patients can avail themselves treatment free of cost.
As per the information shared by the health department official at the first stage of the program, patients will be tested and diagnosed for hepatitis B. The treatment will start in September. Moreover under the program’s framework the state will fully bear the expenses of screening of patients, the diagnostic studies necessary for the treatment and the monitoring of the treatment. These patients will also be eligible for free medicine.
According to the program guidelines the beneficiaries have been defined as persons with chronic HBV infection and those diagnosed with chronic hepatitis B who are already on antiviral treatment. Further the patients will be included in the program on a commission basis.
It is worth mentioning that the persons with hepatitis B who do not need treatment at present, for them program envisage the conducting of repeated diagnostic studies in accordance with the doctor’s prescription once every 12 months.
Citizens must apply to the institutions providing the program to receive services. Up to 15 medical institutions throughout the country have been included in the program. After assessing the first stage of programs the number of service providers will increased gradually.
The list of medical institutions providing the service of the state hepatitis B management program can be obtained from the official websites of the health department and the Ministry of Health. Hepatitis B is considered a deadly disease that requires immediate attention. According to the World Health Organization, Hepatitis B is a type of viral infection.
The infection of Hepatitis directly affects the liver, which may cause the acute or chronic health complications. The WHO study revealed that there are 254 million people who were affected by chronic disease in 2022 and the number is increasing every year.
