Factsheet: Hepatitis

Hepatitis B is a global health threat.

Each year, 1.5 million new people are infected with the hepatitis B virus.

In 2019, 820,000 deaths were caused by hepatitis B (mostly from cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (primary liver cancer).

(https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/hepatitis-b)