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If England eliminates hepatitis C, it will be the first country to do so. But how feasible is it?
Liver cancer in Africans tends to occur between the ages of 30 and 40. But a study has found that it occurs at a significantly younger age in those who are infected with HIV and hepatitis B.
Hepatitis B vaccines have been available for over 20 years but the virus is still endemic in Africa, with the continent carrying over one third of the globe’s case load.
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Associate Professor of Medicine in the College of Medicine, University of Lagos
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Chair in Graduate Education, University of Manchester
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Senior Researcher and Pathologist in the Division of Medical Virology, Stellenbosch University
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Chair Professor, University of Manchester
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Research Officer, Research Unit on the Economics of Excisable Products, University of Cape Town