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Goals

There are many challenges to prevent and eradicate viral hepatitis from the country. Health professionals in the country needs to join hands towards achieving the target of viral hepatitis elimination by 2030, a global call for action by WHO.

Project PRAKASH (PRogrammed Approach to Knowledge And Sensitization on Hepatitis), has been conceptualised and a delivery mechanism has been formalised so that comprehensive knowledge sharing among technical experts from ILBS and healthcare professionals across India could be done at a common platform.

The 3 major components of the project PRAKASH are:

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Training of HCWs
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Vaccination
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Awareness/Education

The project aims at achieving below mentioned goals at the end of the program:

  • Creating awareness among in-service healthcare professionals including doctors, nurses and laboratory technicians in management of viral hepatitis and to promote best practices while managing patients of viral hepatitis.
  • Tracking the progress made on the training imparted and to create a model towards awareness and training for healthcare providers.
  • To strengthen the role of healthcare workers by supporting the medical organizations within the sector to develop, deliver and evaluate education on blood-borne viruses as well as health professionals working in the field of viral hepatitis.
  • To create a healthcare communal stage to discuss on need, methods and ways to minimize burden of viral hepatitis in the country.
  • To increase vaccination of hepatitis B among healthcare workers by providing appropriate knowledge and support from government agencies.
  • To increase infection prevention awareness among healthcare workers in blood banks, laboratories so as to decrease the risk of percutaneous injuries.

Learning objectives:

At the end of the training course, in-service healthcare professionals will be able to:
  • Understand and interact with specialists about the epidemiology of viral hepatitis and their consequences.
  • Understand the serological diagnosis of HAV, acute and chronic HBV, acute and chronic HCV, and hepatitis B and hepatitis D co-infection.
  • Understand the need of family counselling and screening and addressing the mental health issues associated with the disease.
  • Identify complications like cirrhosis, portal hypertension and liver cancer.
  • To be thoroughly equipped with personal protective equipment’s, post exposure prophylaxis, and bio-medical waste management guidelines so as to minimize risk of transmission among nursing professionals.
  • Reaffirms standard precautions as the foundation for preventing transmission of infectious agents in hospital settings.
  • Refer cases to appropriate referral centres.

We conduct regular training on viral hepatitis for all levels of healthcare workers. Do not hesitate to contact us or you can also register with us.

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Project PRAKASH is running in partnership with CIPLA FOUNDATION
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