Malinga ndi WHO padziko lapansi, anthu pafupifupi 2 biliyoni ali ndi kachilombo ka HIV. Pali mayiko kumene anthu oposa theka la anthu akhala ndi chiwindi cha hepatitis A. Ndipo anthu ambiri amanyamula matenda a hepatitis A ndi C, ngakhale osazindikira.
Kuchepa kwa chiwindi ndi kutupa koopsa kwa minofu ya chiwindi. Matendawa amayamba ndi mitundu iwiri ya mavairasi omwe amadziwika kuti A, B, C, D, E. Anthu akhoza kutenga kachilombo kwa munthu yemwe ali ndi kachilombo ndipo amatenga kachilombo koyambitsa matenda kapena madzi.
Kuchuluka kwa chiwindi cha m'mimba kumachitika ndi zizindikiro monga kupweteka kwa m'mimba, kunyoza, kusanza, kupweteka kwa maso ndi khungu, kutopa mwamsanga. Komabe, kupusitsa kwa kachilombo ka HIV kumakhala chifukwa chakuti nthawi zambiri matendawa amakhala ochepa kwambiri. Ndipo munthu wodwala angaphunzire masautso a matenda ake pokhapokha atatha matenda a chiwindi atatha kale. Nthawi zina izi zimachitika ngakhale patapita khumi. Ndipo nthawi yonseyi wodwalayo amawathandiza anthu ena. Chiwindi cha matenda a chiwindi m'kati mwake chikhoza kuchititsa khansa ya chiwindi kapena chiwindi .
Mbiri ya Tsiku la World Against Viral Hepatitis
Mu May 2008, bungwe la International Alliance Against Viral Hepatitis linagwirizanitsa zochitika zomwe cholinga chake chinali kukopa anthu onse ku matendawa. Ndipo mu 2011, WHO inakhazikitsa Tsiku la Chilombo cha Hepatitis ndipo idakhazikitsa tsiku la chikondwererocho pa July 28 pofuna kulemekeza wasayansi wotchuka Blumberg, yemwe adayamba kupeza kachilombo ka HIV.
World Hepatitis Day ili ndi chizindikiro chake mwa mawonekedwe a anyamata atatu anzeru omwe motowo ndi "Sindikuwona kalikonse, sindikumva kalikonse, sindingauze aliyense", kutanthauza kusamvanso kwathunthu mavuto. Ichi ndi chifukwa chake cholinga cha kukhazikitsa Tsiku la Chiwindi cha Kutentha kwa Padziko Lonse ndikudziwitsa anthu za kufunika koteteza matenda oopsawa.
Pa July 28, madokotala m'mayiko ambiri amachita chaka ndi chaka pophunzitsa anthu za matendawa, zizindikiro zake ndi zotsatira zake. Ndipotu ndikofunika kuti munthu aliyense ayesetse kupewa matenda opatsirana ndi chiwindi. Kuwona ukhondo, munthu amadzipulumutsa ku chiwindi cha A chiwindi ndi E. Kuonetsetsa kusamala pa nthawi yogonana komanso kuikidwa magazi kudzateteza ku ma ARV ndi B.
Kuonjezerapo, monga mbali ya chikondwerero cha tsiku kuti amenyane ndi chiwindi, kutulukira magazi ndi katemera wa anthu m'mayiko ambiri akuchitika. Katemerayu adzateteza munthu mosatetezeka ku hepatitis A ndi B.