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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1987
THAT
THE
ΤΟ
EXPANDED PROGRAMME
HEPATITIS B WHICH OF THE POPULATION
THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE FELT COVER ALL NEW BORN BABIES WILL CURB THE SPREAD OF IS PREVALENT IN HONG KONG SINCE ABOUT 10 PER CENT ARE CARRIERS OF THE DISEASE.
THE CARRIERS WILL EVEN LIVER
OR CIRRHOSIS,
OF IT IS ESTIMATED THAT ABOUT ONE QUARTER SUFFER FROM CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE SUCH AS CANCER.
CURRENTLY ABOUT 300
DEATHS FROM
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND
1,000 DEATHS FROM CANCER OF LIVER OCCUR EVERY YEAR.
IN FACT, LIVER CANCER IS THE SECOND DEATH IN HONG KONG, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
LEADING CAUSE OF CANCER
ARE INFECTED MANY INFANTS, HE SAID,
BY THE DISEASE DURING CARRIERS WHILE BIRTH FROM THEIR MOTHERS WHO ARE
OTHERS MAY BECOME INFECTED IN INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD DUE TO INTRAFAMILY SPREAD.
"THEREFORE, EVEN IF MOTHERS ARE NOT CARRIERS, THERE IS STILL RISK OF INFECTION IN EARLY LIFE."
A
JLG SUB-GROUP TO MEET
THE NEXT MEETING OF THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP SUB-GROUP ON INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS WILL BE HELD ON OCTOBER 5 TO 7 IN HONG KONG.
F.
BURROWS WHO WILL BE
THE BRITISH TEAM WILL BE LED BY MR ASSISTED BY TWO OTHER MEMBERS, MR NORMAN CHAN AND MISS SHELAGH BROOKS.
GOVERNMENT WILL
ATTEND AS
OTHER EXPERTS FROM THE HONG KONG
NECESSARY.
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