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Chronic Hepatitis B Infection Could Rise In Australia

by Gopalan on October 25, 2009 at 10:16 AM General Health News

Chronic hepatitis B infection (HBV) could rise in Australia, says a new report, released by the Australian Centre for Economic Research on Health (ACERH) at the Australian National University (ANU).

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The Impact of Chronic Hepatitis B in Australia: Projecting Mortality, Morbidity and Economic Impact, co-authored by Professor Jim Butler and Dr Rosemary Korda at ANU, and two clinicians, suggests that a national strategy involving a coordinated approach to screening, vaccination, and treatment of the disease is warranted.

�There appears to be a lack of appreciation of the potential benefits of identifying and treating those infected,� said Dr Korda. �Although Australia has adopted universal hepatitis B vaccination for infants, there are many people already infected for whom vaccination offers no benefit.

�Immigration patterns, the ageing of the infected pool of individuals and the small number of people receiving HBV drug therapy, together imply that the long-term pathology of HBV infection can be expected to become increasingly evident over the next decade.�

According to the report, under current levels of medical management and treatment:

The number of people living with chronic hepatitis B infection will increase from 187 000 to 276 000

The number of deaths attributable to chronic hepatitis B each year will increase from 450 in 2008 to 1550 in 2017

There will be a three-fold increase in the number of people living with liver cancer directly caused by hepatitis B.

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