This infographic has been developed in collaboration with NAM, a leading HIV/AIDS charity, which is designed to provide a visual snapshot of the links between liver disease and HIV.

1. HIV AND THE LIVER
2.3
Liver disease accounts for 14%-18% of all HIV deaths
MILLION
Europeans have HIV
1,386 12,600
deaths in Western deaths in Eastern
29 and Central Europe Europe and Asia
MILLION
Europeans affected by
Liver disease
The largest internal The liver plays a vital
organ in the body, a part in processing
healthy liver is especially medicines used
important for people to treat HIV and
with HIV other conditions
• People living with HIV and hepatitis B or C progress to end stage liver disease
faster than people living with just hepatitis B or C
• Approximately 30% of people living with HIV in the United States and Europe are
co-infected with hepatitis C
• 10% of people living with HIV worldwide are chronically infected with hepatitis B
Liver disease is the second leading cause of death after AIDS for people with HIV
AIDS 31.1%
Liver
Disease 14.5%
Cardiovascular
Disease
11%
Non-AIDS 9.4%
Malignant Disease
6.5x CAUSES
of liver disease in
people living with HIV
HIGHER • Alcoholic hepatitis
• Alcoholic cirrhosis
Incidence of liver • Chronic hepatitis B
dysfunction is 6.5 times • Chronic hepatitis C
higher in people living • Non-alcoholic fatty
with HIV compared to the liver disease
rest of the population • Drug-induced hepatotoxicity
x 2
Rates of heavy drinking
Heavy
drinking
among people with HIV are causes liver
almost twice those found in disease
the general population
PREVENTION • Exercise regularly
• Vaccinate against hepatitis
• Limit alcohol A and hepatitis B
intake
• Never share needles and
• Eat a healthy always use condoms to
diet prevent spread of hepatitis
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