Southeast Asia has a huge hepatitis burden—more than HIV and malaria combined

The region needs to enhance awareness and action to eliminate hepatitis, writes WHO regional director for southeast Asia s 

Water of affliction

EGYPT

Jaundice arrives early

In Court

The Big Killer

Gilead signs agreements with Indian generic companies for hepatitis C drug

Indian companies granted licence to produce generic sofosbuvir and investigational single tablet regimen of ledipasvir/sofosbuvir for treatment …

WHO issues its first hepatitis B treatment guidelines

New guidelines give treatment recommendations that rely on simple and inexpensive tests

Virus attack

A new study says that infectious viruses increase the risk of heart attacks

Inhuman trials

Doubts cloud foreign firm's hepatitis drug tests in India

How liver protein can aid in developing vaccine for hepatitis C

More than 70 million globally are affected by chronic hepatitis C virus, increasing the risk for the more fatal liver cancer or cirrhosis

Blood row

HIV positive haemophiliacs sue US pharma giants

All about hepatitis

The government of India has included vaccine of hepatitis B in its vaccination programme but has paid scant attention to hepatitis C

Birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine may not be necessary: ICMR

Many newborns are protected from Hepatitis B infection by antibodies they receive from the mother and therefore, hepatitis B vaccination at birth …

Hepatitis B is a public health concern in India; but very few know about its transmission, effects & vaccination

Misconceptions and insufficient education on Hepatitis B are widespread; they necessitate targeted information campaigns, finds Sir Ganga Ram …

Hope for poor

GM maize to treat hepatitis B

Add telaprevir

Simply Put: Hepatitis C virus

Only 5 per cent of people infected with hepatitis B virus receive treatment

While 94 million people out of 292 million hepatitis B patients in 2016 were eligible for antiviral treatment, just 4.8 million got it, says a study

Jaundice epidemic

Prickly issue

Will the inclusion of Hepatitis B vaccination in the Universal Immunisation Programme help?

Saliva test

To detect hepatitis C

India’s role in increasing access to HCV drugs

Early intervention by the Indian government and civil society will be essential to overcome patent barriers to ensure that the new drugs …

Take Unani medicines seriously

HAKIM MOHAMMED KHALID SIDDIQUI, director of Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine, New Delhi, tells VIBHA VARSHNEY that …

Policy draft backs new vaccines

Health experts say new vaccines not essential enough to be in the national programme