PRO/EDR> Hepatitis B & C – Bulgaria, Romania

Hepatitis B — Worldwide/Unknown
“Bulgaria and Romania produce some 60 percent of the hepatitis cases in Europe,” said Dr Stanimir Hasardzhiev, Chairperson of the National
Association for Hepatitis Prevention (Hepasist), speaking for FOCUS News Agency.
“Some 5 to 6 percent on the average of the population in Bulgaria have been affected by the hepatitis B virus, while between 1 and 1.5 percent of the adult population have been affected by hepatitis C. As a figure this is not a small number of people. The supposed number of