Across India, a silent epidemic is writing itself into insurance ledgers: liver disease claims have doubled in three years, tracing the quiet devastation of viral hepatitis in a population of 35 million carriers who often feel nothing until the damage is done. The disease moves without announcement, progressing through decades of invisibility before arriving as cirrhosis, liver failure, or cancer — by which point the human and financial costs become nearly unbearable. India has named 2030 as the year it will eliminate viral hepatitis, but that promise rests on a simple, urgent act the country
Liver disease claims double in three years as India grapples with silent hepatitis epidemic
Viral hepatitis claims approximately 1.23 lakh lives annually in India; disease progression to cirrhosis, liver failure, or cancer significantly impacts patient outcomes.