Viral Hepatitis: Health Minister Margaret MacDiarmid

Viral Hepatitis Dept: Concern about viral hepatitis is primarily in immigrant populations, according to Health Minister Margaret MacDiarmid, who announced $1.9 million in new provincial funding Thursday, according to Winnipeg Free Press. According to the BC Centre for Disease Control, 25 per cent of hepatitis C cases and most hepatitis B infections occur in immigrants, most of whom were infected in their country of origin and VANCOUVER - The plan to wipe out HIV infection by British Columbia health experts was so successful, they're trying to replicate the idea for the treatment of viral hepatitis. She said it's common for people who come to Canada from other countries with less preventative vaccines to have viral hepatitis without knowing it even those in their "prime." (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.