Foreign hepatitis B did not put too seriously
At 06:59 on September 16, 2009 Source: Global Times - World Wide Web
"For me, hepatitis B may be more frightening than the economic crisis. There was already a unit willing to accept me, but my secret was hepatitis B results reveal a medical unit, and then was politely refused." 12, accept " Global Times "reporter, the People's University graduate named Yang a bittersweet one. In the world, nearly 400 million hepatitis B virus carriers, there are 100 million people in China, from "Employment should be canceled hepatitis B detection" to the "Hepatitis B can baby to kindergarten," the past few years on the topic of hepatitis B each year have become the topic of debate in Chinese society.
 
The vast majority of Chinese people, their views of patients with hepatitis B and hepatitis B is a kind of vague fear and exclusion. U.S. biologists Bulinboge 2006 visit to China, who have their own detection of hepatitis B was found was "regrettable" because "has led to so many Chinese people to face such an awkward situation." Elsewhere in the world of the hepatitis B virus carriers is how to live? Whether they have suffered discrimination and exclusion? Newspaper conducted a survey of foreign correspondents.

Europe and the United States a more sober look at Hepatitis B

1964 NASA biologist Bulinboge the first time in Australian Aboriginal people found in the "hepatitis B surface antigen" (that is, "anti-Australian", or hepatitis B virus). But Australia "to talk about B at the mere mention" of the situation is now very rare. Australia New South Wales had a hepatitis B virus carriers complained that when she said in a medical treatment that they are carriers of hepatitis B virus, doctors excuse of "too busy" was denied to her treatment. Finally, this discrimination against carriers of hepatitis B virus, a doctor in Australia to make a written apology, saying just this once. Australian law is now restricted to hepatitis B virus carriers can not engage in health and health care workers. Macao "in the workplace management practice guidelines for AIDS and hepatitis," provides that all decisions concerning the employment of an employee based solely on the character and ability to work, whether hepatitis B can not be a factor. Employer will have to the health of employees is confidential and has no obligation to notify any person of an employee is infected with hepatitis B virus.

This reporter has learned that Chinese citizens going abroad for study, and no country has asked them to produce hepatitis B inspection report. This understanding of other countries related to hepatitis B. The British Government's Web site, the expression of hepatitis B virus carriers is: "A lot of people worry that their work may be infected with such diseases, but in most occupations, there is no infection and the risk of infection . normal daily social interaction and work contact is perfectly safe. "

U.S. "Anti-Discrimination Act and Disabled Persons Act" of the drafters of that "risk judgments to be a medical basis, not based on fear or ignorance," hepatitis B virus is mainly transmitted through blood or sexual contact, carrying the virus were virtually no传播的危险性，因此学校不能因为一名教师携带乙肝病毒就将其解雇。 American School of hepatitis B virus carriers non-discriminatory practices, the school without the consent of the case not related to human scholars to conduct inspections, but also can not refuse admission of hepatitis B virus carriers.

University Hospital Geneva, Switzerland • fisher Bo Gebo 2 Schelling told reporters that the Swiss civil servants taking a high threshold, but not hepatitis B test this item. Swiss hospital laboratory is equipped with a single hepatitis B virus for similar testing belong to the special needs, because there is no general test that tests a single project, so doctors must be handwritten or computer input to this request. The city of Bern Educational Administration Authority officials Bacchus said that the Swiss schools and kindergartens will be no mandatory requirement to produce health certificates for students and children. Swiss-based Novartis Group, Buser HR ranking officials said that because of industry-specific, business from hepatitis B, tuberculosis, AIDS and other diseases of high regional or national applicants who will take special treatment, but the business more attention is not the applicant in the past suffered from any disease, but the current state of health.

Asia and Africa is the main area of hepatitis B

As of 2007, there are around 397 million people infected with hepatitis B in varying degrees, of which 70% -75% of patients in Asia and Africa. Study of Liver Diseases, according to the Indonesian Association statistics, Indonesia, following the third-largest after China and India, "hepatitis B states," there are about more than 1000 million hepatitis B virus carriers. According to a private clinic in Jakarta, the No. Fuba You say that many large companies in the recruitment of Indonesian workers have strict requirements when candidates undergo a medical examination, there are hepatitis B virus carriers was "declined." But the reporters had not read about in local newspapers, hepatitis B virus carriers of discrimination were reported. Indonesia, a female professor of the situation is different, she said that he is the hepatitis B virus carriers in Indonesia will not experience any discrimination, mandatory medical examinations is not going to happen, and she has never felt carrying B hepatic virus affecting their normal work and life. She said doctors told her that people who carry the hepatitis B virus, as long as you can in life, pay attention, "hardly a disease."

Viet Nam is also the world's countries with a high proportion of hepatitis B infection, one hepatitis B virus carriers also have 10 million. Vietnam, a Vietnamese Chinese-funded enterprises employees Ruan Shi told reporters that the Vietnamese like to Chimi Fen roadside stalls, noodle, without the use of eating utensils health stress, so some infectious diseases, a great risk of cross infection. When he learned the same room with his cousin was found to carry hepatitis B virus, Ruanshi extremely frightened, he knew that his uncle died of liver cancer. When his test results came out, Ruanshi relief, before we know it is difficult to hepatitis B infection in their daily lives. Ruan Shi said that in Vietnam, and hepatitis B testing were not yet out of high physical examination items, candidates who carry the hepatitis B virus is not subject to discrimination. This reporter has learned that powerful Vietnamese enterprises, especially state-owned enterprises, often regularly organized medical staff, hepatitis B virus detection are also included, but the media in Vietnam is not on staff carrying hepatitis B virus by the company Wu's letter case, there is no "discrimination of hepatitis B," arguments. Vietnamese Foreign Ministry a diplomat told reporters before entering the work of state organs, units of collective organization candidates undergo a medical examination, including detection of hepatitis B virus.

In hepatitis B-prone India and South Korea, in the local working and living for many years the Chinese have said, never heard of the "Hepatitis B discrimination" situation. South Korea there have been restrictions on hepatitis B patients and virus carriers in military service did not, and later because of opposition from large, they abolished such a requirement.

According to statistics Japan's National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan, hepatitis B patients 1100000-1300000, accounting for about 1% of the total population: one in the Tokyo office of the officials told reporters that the Japanese government will not require recruitment of civil servants hepatitis B virus to medical examination, but the medical industry and other special exceptions. Since the last century, 70 years Japan has put emphasis on the prevention of hepatitis B prevention and treatment of infection between mother and child on the maternal and child infection rate is currently 0.03% or less, so Japanese children and young people entering kindergarten or primary school, middle school do not require for hepatitis B virus. In 2006, a group of infected due to vaccination in patients with hepatitis B virus, Japanese Health and Welfare Ministry of Labor has sued the group, asked the Government to apologize and compensate for economic losses. Because a lot of media attention, public opinion on these innocent hepatitis B patients with sympathetic lawsuits eventually won.

Because a relatively small number of "B to talk about the mere mention of" I did not become a social problem in Japan, but Japanese society, discrimination against hepatitis B can not say there is nothing. The reporter saw a female Japanese Internet users on the Internet anonymously published an article claiming to be hepatitis B virus carriers, and expressed his own concerns. She said: "Because to be transferred to a new company, whether it should clearly tell each other their own situation? If not, she felt dishonest, if we say, and afraid of the other side an excuse not to accept myself." There is a female nurse in Online said, because they are carriers of hepatitis B virus, was another reason for hospital dismissed.

In Hong Kong, about 10% of people with the hepatitis B virus. Member of the Hong Kong Association of Asian Hepatitis Li Jiangang said they had last year, residents of the North District and Tai Po for free hepatitis B testing found that 6% to 8% of young people under 18 years of age with hepatitis B virus, "This is a terrible figure! "According to Hong Kong media colleagues say that in Hong Kong is inevitable there will be individuals or companies for hepatitis B patients is discriminatory, but far less than to" talk about B pale "with it, employees who did not even check the functional examination of hepatitis B project, kindergarten will not be refused "HBV babies," because Hong Kong has a comprehensive legal system, any acts of discrimination against hepatitis B patients are likely to result in fines or even jail.

The seriousness of hepatitis B in China, has been rendered

Beijing jen-ping center, general coordinator of the army is well-known activist of the hepatitis B who, in his acceptance of "Global Times" reporter, said that China's awareness of the existence of hepatitis B two errors: First, on the mode of transmission, virtually of hepatitis B virus carriers to work together, live, hugging, shaking hands and other daily contacts will not lead to the spread of hepatitis B; second is the severity of hepatitis B has been playing some very serious false advertising. Hepatitis B patients and virus carriers discrimination in society, involving the employment rights and the right to education and so on. In addition, people on the hepatitis B virus carriers of latent discrimination, the most difficult to eliminate, as are reluctant to even shake hands.

Exist in Chinese society, "Hepatitis B discrimination" also affected the foreign enterprises in China, a number of hepatitis B in the country not do mandatory testing foreign companies coming to China after the "man village follow the crowd." In 2008, the United States Hang Fung's a factory in Dongguan in the labor force during the detection of hepatitis B, non-medical leave to do automatic processing. A local non-governmental organizations to this end, Dongguan Heng Feng concentric group headquarters to write an open letter, saying it is against the Chinese authorities issued the "hepatitis B surface antigen carriers on the maintenance of employment rights views." Personally involved in this group of Dongguan, general coordinator of concentric Luo Ye told the "Global Times" reporter, Hang Fung, said the company had apologized, the company president, also addressed a personal letter and promised the future, pre-employment and annual medical examinations were no longer to hepatitis B detection.

In October 2008, jen-ping Center, multinational survey of 92 branches in mainland China, where more than 8 percent of foreign companies, when recruiting employees mandatory hepatitis B testing. Made it clear that refusal to hepatitis B virus carriers in the proportion of the inauguration of the foreign companies 44%, but this data than the 2006 survey 77% of the greatly reduced. Luo Ye said that many foreign employees of double standards, foreign companies are not do foreign medical staff requirements, the staff there are mandatory requirements for China, which is China's social atmosphere is a certain relationship.

"HBV father" regrets

First discovered the hepatitis B surface antigen in the United States biologist Bulinboge is also the first generation of hepatitis B vaccine, he won the 1976 Nobel Prize for medicine and physiology, was known as the "Father of HBV." When Bulinboge in 2006 during the visit that Chinese people "to talk about B pale," I felt very very surprised, he regrets to the Army, said: "I did not think I have found that hepatitis B surface antigen and hepatitis B testing techniques, but led to so many Chinese people have faced such a situation. "

Army that China's society, "Hepatitis B discrimination" deep-seated reason is that the "minority" rights ignored. Army said that hepatitis B patients and virus carriers should know how to treat and how to prevent, in addition to their spouses do not need to tell others, especially the spouse's parents. According to the previous examples of mining perspective, Oriental traditional thinking to the continuation of the blood tends to break up the marriage of their children. He also suggested that hepatitis B virus carriers learn how to use the law to protect their rights, when the problems related organizations should be looking for help. Army said that the Chinese community's understanding of hepatitis B has made some progress, especially at the national legislative level, areas such as civil service restrictions on hepatitis B virus carriers have been completely abolished, food catering industry, restrictions on hepatitis B carriers has been canceled However, in kindergarten enrollment, entrance examinations, etc. are resolved more slowly. For the "Cancel hepatitis B test," "hepatitis B baby who care" and other issues, he expressed optimism.

WHO infectious diseases expert Slakmon • in Georgia, stressed in an interview, hepatitis B is not terrible, do not need to "talk about B pale." Hepatitis B is different from AIDS or cancer patients, but not life-long patients, more than 90% of chronic hepatitis patients treated or not treated are likely to return to the state of asymptomatic carriers. In recent years, WHO has also urged the public not to Osaka, as hepatitis B patients, because in many cases, hepatitis B benefits who do not live or work peers or colleagues for their negative impact on health, the hope that relevant countries should take the form of laws and regulations to identify and protect the patient should have dignity. In the international celebrities, the Andy Lau openly admitted that he "is a childhood hepatitis B virus carriers", the international star Diego Maradona is also, but no one discriminating against them.

(Editor: Li Guigui)