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Every 10th Pakistani suffering from hepatitis
LAHORE – Every 10th person in the country is suffering from one type of hepatitis or the other and the viral infection varies in severity from a self-limited condition with total recovery to a life-threatening or lifelong disease. Over 20 million people in Pakistan are infected with hepatitis B and C virus including around 15 […]
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TB kills over 70,000 people every year in Pakistan
Rawalpindi Annually around 430,000 people including 15,000 children contract Tuberculosis (TB) in Pakistan while not less than 70,000 deaths every year can be attributed to the disease in the country. TB is a leading infectious cause of death worldwide. Pakistan ranks 6th globally among the 22 high TB burden countries and contributes an estimated 43 […]
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