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  • Kyrgyzstan - A "raging epidemic" of hepatitis A

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    In Kyrgyzstan, a raging epidemic of hepatitis A

    Infectious diseases hospitals in Bishkek crowded - every day there are dozens of new patients arrive, mostly - children. 6,500 people are already sick.

    Bishkek, 27 September. In Kyrgyzstan, the outbreak of hepatitis A, the correspondent MTRC "Peace" Jazgul Karimov. Infectious diseases hospitals in Bishkek crowded - every day there are dozens of new patients arrive, mostly - children. In pediatric intensive care unit is not no free beds.

    According to the doctors who developed this year, 50% more than in the past. Sick for nearly 6,500 people. Under threat - Health virtually everyone in the country, as immunization against diseases in the country do not.

    Hepatitis A is a disease doctors call dirty hands. Basically, it affects children and adolescents. People often do not observe the rules of hygiene, eating in the street, buying vegetables and melons in the bazaars of the road.

    There are other reasons for the increase in the incidence of hepatitis in the population. "Only 82% of villages have facilities. In many communities lack water and analizatsii not at all, "- said the head of public health surveillance Bubuzhan Arykbaeva.

    Previously, disease prevention and responsible SanEpid MOH. There were printed and **** posters, public service announcements were recorded. But now because of the budget deficit of money for this purpose was not isolated.

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