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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.
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