BEIJING, July 24 (Xinhua) -- China has won praises from WHO after
reaching its goal to control hepatitis B infection among children
through immunization ahead of schedule, but more effort is urged for its
adult patients.
The National Health and Family Planning Commission announced on
Friday that the prevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen, a key index
indicating hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, for Chinese children in
the 1-4 and 5-14 age groups both decreased by more than 60 percent from
2006 to 0.32 and 0.94 percent respectively.
This means the country has reached the goal set by the WHO to
reduce HBV infection prevalence in children to less than one percent
ahead of the deadline of 2017, making the current generation of children
the first in the country's history to be almost hepatitis B-free.
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