{"id":26686,"date":"2016-07-07T02:58:19","date_gmt":"2016-07-07T02:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/hepatitis-kills-more-than-aids-and-tb\/"},"modified":"2016-07-07T02:58:50","modified_gmt":"2016-07-07T02:58:50","slug":"hepatitis-kills-more-than-aids-and-tb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/hepatitis-kills-more-than-aids-and-tb\/","title":{"rendered":"Hepatitis &#8216;kills more than AIDS and TB&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{Deaths linked to hepatitis have surpassed those caused by AIDS, TB and malaria, according to data from 183 countries.}<\/p>\n<p>Viral-caused Hepatitis has become a leading cause of death and disability in the world, killing more people in a year than AIDS, tuberculosis or malaria, a report has said.<\/p>\n<p>Deaths from infection, liver disease and cancer caused by viral hepatitis increased by 63 percent from 890,000 in 1990 to 1.45 million in 2013, according to a review of data collected in 183 countries.<\/p>\n<p>By comparison, in 2013 there were 1.3 million deaths from AIDS, 1.4 million from tuberculosis, and 855,000 from malaria, said the report, published in The Lancet medical journal on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Whereas deaths from many infectious diseases &#8211; such as TB and malaria &#8211; have dropped since 1990, viral hepatitis deaths have risen,&#8221; said study leader Graham Cooke from Imperial College London&#8217;s medicine department.<\/p>\n<p>Hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver, most often caused by a virus but sometimes by drug or alcohol abuse, other infections, or autoimmune diseases.<\/p>\n<p>There are five main types, known as A, B, C, D and E.<\/p>\n<p>According to the World Health Organization, types A and E are typically transmitted via contaminated food or water, while B, C and D usually occur from contact with body fluids of an infected person.<\/p>\n<p>An estimated 95 percent of people are unaware of their infection, though treating hepatitis B and C can prevent the development of chronic liver disease.<\/p>\n<p>Ninety-six percent of hepatitis deaths counted in the review were caused by types B and C, said the researchers. Most hepatitis deaths occurred in east and south Asia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have tools at our disposal to treat this disease &#8211; we have vaccines to hepatitis A and B and we have new treatments to C,&#8221; for which there is no vaccine, said Cooke.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;However the price of new medicines is beyond the reach of any country &#8211; rich or poor.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The review concluded with a call for a change in funding structures to &#8220;allow effective responses in low-income and lower-middle-income countries.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-13328 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/24dfd3eec7a740d48ef23b3d2620ff8b_18.jpg\" alt=\"An estimated 95 percent of people are unaware of their Hepatitis infection \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{Deaths linked to hepatitis have surpassed those caused by AIDS, TB and malaria, according to data from 183 countries.} Viral-caused Hepatitis has become a leading cause of death and disability in the world, killing more people in a year than AIDS, tuberculosis or malaria, a report has said. 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