Hepatitis C

Liver cancer fastest growing type of cancer due to high prevalence rates of viral hepatitis, experts

Discoveries by two Americans and a Briton scientists means there is now a chance of eradicating the Hepatitis C virus

The country has one of the highest rates of infection, with 700,000 new patients each year

Germ-infested water, lack of facilities and poverty among reasons of outbreak

'Pakistan and Egypt have the highest disease burden of Hepatitis C in the world'

Officials reprimanded for failure to utilise Hepatitis B and C vaccines on time

More than 8,000 newly registered hepatitis C patients throughout the province

Hospital will screen, treat thousands of patients in Benazirabad, Larkana

Punjab government has taken numerous measures and on an extensive scale

Tarar shares progress in fight against the disease

The latest medication can help treat patients within three months

Health officials say there is a need to promote volunteer blood donating culture

The annual death toll from Hepatitis C-related liver diseases is around 700,000 according to the WHO website

Shortage of medicines at hospitals leaves inmates reeling

Sources say they have run out of PRC test kits

Guidelines for treatment with the new drug have been issued for healthcare professionals

Aim is to raise awareness of adverse health effects that are prevalent with the use of contaminated razors

A kit can be used to carry out a maximum of 100 tests but supplier had claimed 136 tests could be carried out

Court was pleaded to direct regulators to fix drug's price as per committee's recommendation

A national hepatitis plan is needed for prevention measures, disease surveillance and laboratory assessment