Background With recent improvements in vaccines and treatments against viral hepatitis, an
improved understanding of the burden of viral hepatitis is needed to inform global …

This is a comment on" Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age
groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study …

Background Combating viral hepatitis is part of the UN Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs), and WHO has put forth hepatitis B elimination targets in its Global Health Sector …

Viral hepatitis is a major public health threat and a leading cause of death worldwide.
Annual mortality from viral hepatitis is similar to that of other major infectious diseases such …

Background Cirrhosis and other chronic liver diseases (collectively referred to as cirrhosis in
this paper) are a major cause of morbidity and mortality globally, although the burden and …

Under the terms of this licence, you may copy, redistribute and adapt the work for
noncommercial purposes, provided the work is appropriately cited, as indicated below. In …

Summary The Asia-Pacific region is home to more than half of the global population and
accounted for 62· 6% of global deaths due to liver diseases in 2015. 54· 3% of global deaths …

Importance Liver cancer is among the leading causes of cancer deaths globally. The most
common causes for liver cancer include hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) …

Abstract New Global Burden of Disease estimates for liver cirrhosis, published in BMC
Medicine, suggest that cirrhosis caused over a million deaths in 2010, with a further million …

Summary Background In 2016, the World Health Assembly adopted the resolution to
eliminate viral hepatitis by 2030. This study aims to provide an overview of the burdens of …