Habibullah Akhundzada Hamed, deputy minister of health services supply at the Ministry of Public Health, said on Wednesday that cases of jaundice have increased this year in the country.
Akhundzada Hamed said that basic work has not been done to fight jaundice in the country, which can be caused by hepatitis.
“From 2017 to June 2023, 44,647 people were infected with hepatitis B and 21,621 were infected with hepatitis C,” said Akhundzada Hamed.
