Hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver, a vital organ needed to process and filter toxins from the bloodstream, help digestion, and regulate metabolism. When your liver becomes inflamed with hepatitis, its ability to process toxins is compromised, and this can lead to liver failure, liver cancer and cirrhosis, a condition where healthy liver tissue is replaced by scar tissue. While hepatitis isn’t a leading cause of death nationally, it remains a key contributor to liver disease and liver cancer. In fact, 95 per cent of deaths from liver disease stem from chronic hepatitis (types B and C) and liver cancer.

Hepatitis stats in Canada Out of the different types of viral hepatitis, the most common is hepatitis B, also known as HBV. It is specifically transmitted through blood, sex, or

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