At a conference held today on results of estimating the impact of hepatitis B and C, Deputy Minister of Health Nguyễn Thanh Long said hepatitis B and C were known as the silent killers. In Việt Nam, more than 7.8 million people had contracted hepatitis B and nearly one million were infected with hepatitis C this year. Kính said hepatitis B mainly spread from mother to child. Although vaccination against hepatitis B for newborns was taking place extensively, it had not been effective enough, Kính said. The rate of vaccination against hepatitis B among newborns remained low.

Source: Viet Nam News July 21, 2017 12:00 UTC