Some people living in Ireland come from countries where the rates of hepatitis C are high.

Hepatitis C is more common in the following countries:

Europe

• Albania
• Armenia
• Azerbaijan
• Estonia
• Georgia
• Italy
• Kazakhstan
• Kyrgyzstan
• Latvia
• Lithuania
• Republic of Moldova
• Romania
• Russian Federation
• Tajikistan
• Turkmenistan
• Ukraine
• Uzbekistan

Africa

• Angola
• Benin
• Burkina Faso
• Cameroon
• Cape Verde
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Côte d'Ivoire
• Equatorial Guinea
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana, Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Ivory Coast
• Liberia
• Mali
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Sao Tome and Principe
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone,
• Togo
• Western Sahara

Middle East and North Africa

• Bahrain
• Egypt
• Lebanon
• Kuwait
• Iraq
• Oman
• Yemen
• United Arab Emirates
• Jordan
• Syrian Arab Republic
• Palestinian Territory

Latin Americas

Puerto Rico

South Asia

Pakistan

East Asia

• Cambodia
• Mongolia
• Thailand
• Taiwan
• China