India, July 28 -- World Health Organisation (WHO) observes World Hepatitis Day on July 28, every year. Its current global campaign aim is to eliminate infectious disease by 2030. Hepatitis kills about 1.4 million people every year worldwide and affects hundreds of millions. Viral hepatitis is the most common cause of acute and chronic liver disease in the world with over half the world's population exposed to the different hepatotropic viruses.
According to health experts, around 5,00,000 people die each year from hepatitis C-related liver diseases in India and an estimated 4.7 million HCV infections can be attributed to poor needle practices. There has been an eight percent rise in the number of HCV cases among pregnant women in the last ...