Tuesday, July 12, 2016

What's ailing rural India: Hepatitis C menace hits Punjab

Killer diseases like Hepatitis C are spreading through villages of Punjab, courtesy of rampant drug abuse. The menace has led to not just dire health implications but also an equally grueling economic impact on those affected. In the third part of CNBC-TV18’s series ‘What's ailing rural India’, Archana Shukla reports from a village in Punjab which has earned the infamous tag of being the Hepatitis C capital of the state.

Killer diseases like Hepatitis C are spreading through villages of Punjab, courtesy of rampant drug abuse. The menace has led to not just dire health implications but also an equally grueling economic impact on those affected. In the third part of CNBC-TV18’s series ‘What's ailing rural India’, Archana Shukla reports from a village in Punjab which has earned the infamous tag of being the Hepatitis C capital of the state.

Read more at: http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/cnbc-tv18-comments/whats-ailing-rural-india-hepatitis-c-menace-hits-punjab_6988421.html?utm_source=ref_article

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