30 mn Indonesian hit by hepatitis
July 27th, 2011 - 12:40 am ICT by IANSJakarta, July 26 (IANS/AKI) Around 30 million Indonesians have been affected with hepatitis, the health ministry said.
Half of the hepatitis strains were chronic and around 10 percent may get worse and become liver cancer, health ministry director general Tjandra Yoga Adhitama said.
Indonesia ranks third in the world after India and China for the most number of people infected with hepatitis.
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