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India has over 34 mn hepatitis cases
Financial Express Mumbai
|April 10, 2024
INDIA ACCOUNTS FOR over 11% of the global viral hepatitis burden, second only to China in Hepatitis B cases and Pakistan in Hepatitis C cases, according to the Global Hepatitis Report 2024 released by the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday.
According to the report, there are 254 million people living with Hepatitis B and 50 million with Hepatitis C across the world at present. Of these, India accounts for 29 million Hepatitis B cases, after China at 79 million; and 5.5 million Hepatitis C cases, after Pakistan at 8.8 million.
In 2022, an estimated 123,000 people died due to hepatitis in India, while over 50,000 new Hepatitis B cases and 140,000 new Hepatitis C cases were reported.
Globally, with an estimated 1.3 million deaths per year, viral hepatitis kills as many people as tuberculosis.
This story is from the April 10, 2024 edition of Financial Express Mumbai.
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