Approximately 10 million Pakistanis are living with hepatitis C (HCV) with three people dying of HCV- related causes every minute – and this in the case of a disease that is now largely curable with treatment. 

Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) also poses major public health burden on the country’s health system with an estimated 4 million active infections in the population. Transmission is largely driven by infections acquired from healthcare settings, which puts the wider population at risk.