Rawalpindi
An estimated 18 million Pakistani population is infected with the hepatitis B and C virus in all including nearly seven million infected with HBV and 11 million with HCV while the disease is constantly swelling. Every 10th Pakistani is believed to be suffering from viral hepatitis.
On average, as many as 150,000 deaths per year can be attributed with hepatitis B and C mainly because of cirrhosis and liver cancer while 150 million people are chronically infected with hepatitis
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