AGARTALA, July 28 (TIWN): World Hepatitis Day-2016 was observed in Muktadhara, in the presence of Minister Tapan Chakraborty, Social Worker Panchali Bhattacharjee, HC Bar Association President P K Biswash, Hepatitis Foundation of Tripura General Secretary Dibakar Sarkar.

The day was also marked as the 14th foundation day for Hepatitis Foundation of Tripura, which established in 2002. 

Addressing the people at Mukta Dhara, Dibakar Sarkar, General Secretary of ‘Hepatitis Foundation of Tripura’ said, “Tripura has AIDS victim less than 1000 people, but it has 1.5 lakhs of Hepatitis carrier which kills people more faster than AIDS and due to lack of awareness it’s spreading more and more”.

“The tribal areas are more victimized as we could not spread our network yet there. However, at Kanchanpur and Gandhacharra we already reached”, he added. “Hepatitis D and C has been lessen in number as since the foundation in 2002, after vaccination programmes were held regularly.

“Although State Govt. can not help us financially but the Tripura Govt. is beside us ‘Logistically’, which is the main support of our organization”, he added.

Minister Tapan Chakraborty during his speech stressed upon the vaccination process and the awareness of people to control disease.

Health care is very important part of human-life & Prevention is Better than cure, said Minister Tapan Chakraborty.