Over 124,000 Africans die from hepatitis annually – WHO

“Around 4.5 million African children under five years old are infected with chronic hepatitis B, reflecting an enormous 70% of the global burden in this age group.'

World Hepatitis Day is marked on 28 July every year. The theme of this year’s commemoration is ‘hepatitis can’t wait’Dr Moeti said hepatitis is a silent epidemic in Africa, adding that more than 90 million people are living with hepatitis in the region, this accounts for 26% of the global total.

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