Sindh registered 22318 new Hepatitis C patients in 2018.

KARACHI -- Hepatitis Prevention and Control Program Sindh (Chief Minister's Imitative) had recorded 22,318 new Hepatitis C cases throughout in Sindh province and a total 251,685 patients registered in the province sine started of program from 2009 to December 31, 2018. According to the yearly data released by Hepatitis Prevention and Control Program Sindh a total 30,344 hepatitis B, C and D cases had been detected throughout the province in 2018 of them 22,318 hepatitis C, 7,144 hepatitis B and 882 hepatitis D, respectively.

The treatment of 19,657 hepatitis B, C and D were underway at treatment Centres across the province. From 2009 to December 31, 2018, HPCP Sindh had recorded 300486 hepatitis B C and D cases; out of them 244,465...

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