Liver diseases and hepatocellular carcinoma in the Asia-Pacific region: burden, trends, challenges and future directions

LY Mak, K Liu, S Chirapongsathorn, KC Yew… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Globally, nearly half of deaths from cirrhosis and chronic liver diseases (CLD) and three-
quarters of deaths from hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) occur in the Asia-Pacific region …

Prevalence of hepatitis B and C virus infections among visceral leishmaniasis patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis

M Assefa, S Biset - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Background Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) patients are at high risk of acquiring hepatitis B
virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections during multiple injections and the anti …

[HTML][HTML] New HIV infections among key populations and their partners in 2010 and 2022, by world region: a multisources estimation

EL Korenromp, K Sabin, J Stover, T Brown… - JAIDS Journal of …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Background: Previously, The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS estimated
proportions of adult new HIV infections among key populations (KPs) in the last calendar …

Alcohol use, alcohol use disorder and heavy episodic drinking in the Eastern Mediterranean region: A systematic review

Y Rostam‐Abadi, J Gholami, B Shadloo… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background and ams Despite the evident public health impact, the extent and patterns of
alcohol use in the Eastern Mediterranean countries remain understudied. The latest …

Global, regional, and national total burden related to hepatitis B in children and adolescents from 1990 to 2021

J Li, Z Gao, H Bai, W Wang, Y Li, J Lian, Y Li, Y Feng… - BMC Public Health, 2024 - Springer
Background Hepatitis B remains a significant global health concern with widespread
communicability. Nevertheless, data on its burden and trends in children and adolescents …

Drug-use disorders in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: a glance at GBD 2019 findings

A Amirkafi, F Mohammadi… - Social Psychiatry and …, 2024 - Springer
Purpose The aim of this study is to investigate drug use disorders which are a major cause
of Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) …

Non-fatal overdose prevalence and associated factors among people who inject drugs in Iran

F Tavakoli, F Nafeh, S Hariri, SMF Langeroodi… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
We characterized overdose prevalence and its correlates among people who inject drugs
(PWID) in Iran. Our analysis included 2618 PWID with a recent history of drug injection …

Hepatitis C virus transmission among people who inject drugs in the Middle East and North Africa: mathematical modeling analyses of incidence and intervention …

M Makhoul, GR Mumtaz, HH Ayoub, MS Jamil… - …, 2025 - thelancet.com
Summary Background The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is the most affected
by hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection globally. This study aimed to estimate HCV incidence …

Use of passive samplers as sewage surveillance tool to monitor a hepatitis A outbreak at a school in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Oct 2022–March 2023

M de Jong, MFS van der Loeff, R Schilperoort… - BMC Infectious …, 2024 - Springer
Background Enteric hepatitis A virus (HAV) infections during childhood are often
asymptomatic but may cause severe illness in adults. To improve public health surveillance …

People who inject drugs in the Eastern Mediterranean region

GR Mumtaz - The Lancet Global Health, 2023 - thelancet.com
People who inject drugs are a highly marginalised population at increased risk of blood-
borne pathogens, including HIV, hepatitis C virus, and hepatitis B virus. People who inject …