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Hepatitis B and C: a silent epidemic
Hepatitis is caused by viruses that damage the liver.
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By: Igor Strauss
Hepatitis B and C affect 325 million people worldwide, and caused 1.3 million deaths in 2015, according to the WHO.
Only one in 20 people with hepatitis knows it, and 1% of patients have access to treatment.
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What are the advances in terms of treatment?
What access to screening in developing countries?
Pr Tarik Asselah
, Professor of Medicine and Hepatology at the
Beaujon Hospital in Clichy in the Hauts-de-Seine
, Director of Research at
INSERM
.
responsible for viral hepatitis
Pr Roger Sombié
, gastroenterologist and hepatologist at the
Yalgado Ouédraogo hospital
in Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso
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