Hepatitis in Pakistan – Blog Post by Asrar Qureshi
Dear Colleagues! Today is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #126. Pharma Veterans shares your wealth of knowledge and wisdom with others for the benefit of entire Pharma Community. It aims to recognize and celebrate the Pharma Industry Professionals. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress , the top blog site. Please share your stories, ideas and thoughts. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here . WHO data estimates 325 million patients suffering from Hepatitis B or C worldwide and 1.34 million deaths due to this. Pakistan is among the highest prevalence countries. There are several causes for such a high incidence, but the underlying factors are illiteracy, lack of awareness and an attitude of ill-conceived notions of bravery and fatalism in the society. We don’t know how to protect ourselves against such viral infections and we refuse to protect us and those around us even whe...