Abstract
In Pakistan more people die of liver disease due to
chronic hepatitis every day than terrorism in a year.
Pakistan carries one of the world’s highest burden of
end stage liver disease and mortality due to liver failure and hepatocellular carcinomas (HCC) increasing
the demand of liver transplantation (LTX).
Hepatitis is one of the 10 reportable diseases in Pakistan .Among Hepatitis, Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) is one
of the commonest causes of chronic liver disease in
Pakistan and is one of the leading indications for liver
transplant. In Pakistan 10 million people are presumed
to be infected with HCV1
and according to W.H.O,
Pakistan is in 2nd position in prevalence of Hepatitis C
after Egypt.2
There are approximately 1 million chronic
carriers of hepatitis B and 1.7 million chronic carriers
of hepatitis C in Sind province of Pakistan.3
Delta
hepatitis (HDV) is also found in areas of high hepatitis
B prevalence, in a study results revealed that HDV is
co infected with Hepatitis B in about 28.3% in Karachi
an 60.7% in other areas of Sindh.
Muhammad Sadik Memon, Madiha Zaki. (2013) Burden of Chronic Liver Disease and Liver Transplantation in Sindh, Journal of Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Volume-12, Issue-1.
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