32.5 crore infected globally by chronic hepatitis B, C: WHO
Around 32.5 crore people worldwide are living with chronic hepatitis B or C virus infection, a recent WHO report 2017 has estimated. The report further states that deaths from viral hepatitis have increased, killing 13.4 lakh in 2015, comparable to HIV, tuberculosis-caused deaths. Although vaccinations have reduced new hepatitis B infections, hepatitis C vaccines still haven't been made, WHO said.