{
  "id": 17364517,
  "title": "Pakistan Tops World in Hepatitis C Patients",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/pakistan-tops-world-in-hepatitis-c-patients",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-31T07:44:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ProPakistani",
    "slug": "propakistani",
    "url": "https://propakistani.pk/2026/10/31/pakistan-tops-world-in-hepatitis-c-patients/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Pakistan has been identified as the country with the highest number of hepatitis C patients globally, with over 32.4 million people affected by mental health disorders and 12.9 million infected with either hepatitis B or C, according to the Ministry of National Health Services. The country also has the world's highest number of hepatitis C-related deaths, with more than 48,000 fatalities annually, and over 88,000 new hepatitis C infections reported in 2024. Additionally, Pakistan is witnessing a significant rise in HIV cases, with an estimated 417,000 people living with the virus, out of which only 92,148 have been registered, and nearly 3,900 children were registered as HIV-positive between January 2025 and June 2026.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}