Lok Sabha Question No. 1879 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-30
Subject: Hepetitis-B
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Anil Firojiya

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SAB H A UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1879 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30 TH July, 2021

## Hepatitis - B

## 1879.SHRI ANIL FIROJIYA:

## Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- ( a) whether the Government have taken any measures for prevention of the deadly disease of Hep
- ( b) if so, the details thereof;
- ( c) whether any treatment for the people infected by deadly diseases like Hepatitis - B is available in the country; and
- ( d) if so, the details thereof, State/UT - wise?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## (DR. BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)

(a)& (b): The Government has launched National Viral Hepatitis Control Program (NVHCP) in 2018,  under  the  aegis  of National  Health  Mission  (NHM),  offering  diagnostic  and  treatment services for Hepatitis C, A and E. The scope of the program was expanded to include diagnosis and  management  of  Hepatitis  B  in  2019.  Hepatitis  B  is  a  vaccine  preventable  disease  &  t program  provides  for  administration  of  Hepatitis  B  birth  dose  vaccine  &  Hepatitis Immunoglobulin  to  the  babies  born  to  Hepatitis B  positive  mothers.  The  NVHCP  envisages prevention of Viral Hepatitis through awareness generation and behavio ur change communication. All diagnostic and treatment services are provided free of cost under NVHCP a the designated Government health facilitie s.

(c)& (d): Lifelong treatment of Hepatitis - B is available. States/UTs are provided support under NHM based on the proposals received from them for treatment  of  Hepatitis B  for  those  who require the same. The list of treatment sites, State/UT wise, is given at Annexure.

| List of Treatment sites providin g Hepatitis B services   | List of Treatment sites providin g Hepatitis B services   | List of Treatment sites providin g Hepatitis B services   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No                                                     | Name of State/UT                                          | Number of Treatment sites with Hepatitis B services       |
| 1                                                         | Andaman & Nicobar Islands                                 | 3                                                         |
| 2                                                         | Andhra Pradesh                                            | 13                                                        |
| 3                                                         | Arunachal Pradesh                                         | 2                                                         |
| 4                                                         | Assam                                                     | 27                                                        |
| 5                                                         | Bihar                                                     | 46                                                        |
| 6                                                         | Chandigarh                                                | 4                                                         |
| 7                                                         | Chhattis garh                                             | 28                                                        |
| 8                                                         | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu                      | 3                                                         |
| 9                                                         | Delhi                                                     | 1                                                         |
| 10                                                        | Goa                                                       | 2                                                         |
| 11                                                        | Gujarat                                                   | 35                                                        |
| 12                                                        | Ha ry ana                                                 | 40                                                        |
| 13                                                        | Himachal Pradesh                                          | 14                                                        |
| 14                                                        | Jammu & Kashmir                                           | 22                                                        |
| 15                                                        | Jharkhand                                                 | 5                                                         |
| 16                                                        | Karnataka                                                 | 29                                                        |
| 17                                                        | Kerala                                                    | 25                                                        |
| 18                                                        | Ladakh                                                    | 0                                                         |
| 19                                                        | Lakshadweep                                               | 1                                                         |
| 20                                                        | Madh ya Pradesh                                           | 51                                                        |
| 21                                                        | Maharashtra                                               | 36                                                        |
| 22                                                        | Manipur                                                   | 2                                                         |
| 23                                                        | Me ghala ya                                               | 0                                                         |
| 24                                                        | Mizoram                                                   | 0                                                         |
| 25                                                        | Na galand                                                 | 12                                                        |
| 26                                                        | Odisha                                                    | 33                                                        |
| 27                                                        | Puducher ry                                               | 1                                                         |
| 28                                                        | Punj ab                                                   | 26                                                        |
| 29                                                        | Raj asthan                                                | 33                                                        |
| 30                                                        | Sikkim                                                    | 2                                                         |
| 31                                                        | Tamil Nadu                                                | 42                                                        |
| 32                                                        | Telan gana                                                | 32                                                        |
| 33                                                        | Tripura                                                   | 8                                                         |
| 34                                                        | Uttar Pradesh                                             | 62                                                        |
| 35                                                        | Uttarakhand                                               | 13                                                        |
| 36                                                        | West Bengal                                               | 30                                                        |
|                                                           | Total                                                     | 683                                                       |