Hepatitis B — Worldwide/Unknown
Nearly 1/3rd of the world’s 350 million hepatitis B carriers are Chinese, said the National Health and Family Planning Commission before World Hepatitis Day Sunday [28 Jul 2013], putting the number at 100 million. The commission also said half of 700 000 deaths caused by viral hepatitis [B?] every year globally are Chinese. According to the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 100 000 Chinese people are infected every year. Vaccination has proven to be the most effective
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