Compared with most other communicable diseases, hepatitis has risen in global importance since the 1990s. It is now a leading cause of death and disability worldwide and kills at least as many people as tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, or malaria.
This is the main finding of an international study - led by Imperial College London in the United Kingdom and the University of Washington in Seattle - published in The Lancet.
The study - which analyzes data from 1990-2013 on 183 countries - is timely, as the World Health Organization (WHO) launch a major new effort to tackle viral hepatitis.
The findings should prove of "crucial importance to global health policy," note the authors.
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| At 1.45 million deaths a year, viral hepatitis now ranks among the world'sleading infectious diseases - such as TB, AIDS/HIV, and malaria. |
Source: medicalnewstoday
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