UNITED NATIONS: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday stressed the importance of acting now to prevent hepatitis, saying infections caused by the five distinct hepatitis viruses are causing about 1.45 million deaths worldwide each year.
The message was meant for World Hepatitis Day, which fell on Tuesday this year, with a theme of "prevent hepatitis, act now," according to a UN spokesman at the daily briefing.
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