{"id":18635,"date":"2026-07-28T16:32:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T16:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/07\/28\/who-hepatitis-cases-undiagnosed-afghanistan\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T16:32:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T16:32:19","slug":"who-hepatitis-cases-undiagnosed-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/07\/28\/who-hepatitis-cases-undiagnosed-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"WHO Reports Many Hepatitis Cases Undiagnosed in Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The World Health Organization (WHO) in Afghanistan has stated that despite some progress in combating viral hepatitis, a significant number of infected individuals in the country remain undiagnosed and lack access to medical services. <\/p>\n<p>Coinciding with World Hepatitis Day on Tuesday, July 27, WHO emphasized in a message on its X page the need to intensify efforts for prevention, early diagnosis, and treatment of the disease.<\/p>\n<p>Edwin Sinesa Salvador, WHO Representative in Afghanistan, said that although access to healthcare services has expanded with the organization&#8217;s support, many hepatitis patients still remain undiagnosed and untreated.<\/p>\n<p>He stressed the removal of existing barriers to hepatitis prevention, strengthening health services, and ensuring timely treatment, stating that such measures can prevent serious consequences of the disease. World Hepatitis Day is held annually to raise public awareness and mobilize resources to combat this illness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHO highlights many hepatitis cases in Afghanistan remain undiagnosed, urging enhanced prevention, early diagnosis, and treatment efforts on World Hepatitis Day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18634,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-important-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}