All the news Showing 10 of 13 articles from: International policyGet an RSS feed of these articles Show All news infohep newsEditors' picks from other sources Lancet commission sets agenda for the elimination of viral hepatitis Keith Alcorn / 10 January 2019 Viral hepatitis leads to around 1.3 million deaths a year, approximately 257 million people are living with hepatitis B virus (HBV) and 71 million with hepatitis C virus (HCV). Viral hepatitis ... Hepatitis C elimination in people who inject drugs needs a health system strategy, says expert review Keith Alcorn / 24 September 2018 Achieving the elimination of hepatitis C in people who inject drugs will require a comprehensive health system-wide strategy that addresses stigma, barriers to care, financing, the involvement of people who inject drugs and ... High prices of DAAs mean there's been little progress towards achieving WHO target of eliminating HCV by 2030 Michael Carter / 13 September 2017 Only a handful of countries are on course to achieve the World Health Organization (WHO) target of eliminating hepatitis C virus (HCV) as a major public health concern by 2030, ... Hepatitis C treatment is effective and feasible in Africa Liz Highleyman / 25 July 2017 Treatment for hepatitis C in sub-Saharan Africa can produce cure rates as high as those seen in industrialised countries, with high adherence and minimal side-effects, according to a presentation yesterday at the ... Inexpensive interventions can boost engagement with key stages of viral hepatitis care continuum Michael Carter / 14 October 2016 Several cheap interventions can significantly boost engagement with the continuum of care for viral hepatitis, a systematic literature review and a series of meta-analyses published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases show. Programmes led by ... 'Step-change in strategy' needed to eliminate HBV as a global health threat Michael Carter / 11 October 2016 Hepatitis B virus (HBV) could be eliminated as a global health threat with a scale-up of vaccination coverage, enhanced efforts to prevent vertical (mother-to-child) transmission and expansion of testing and treatment, according to ... Cost of eliminating viral hepatitis needs to take into account social as well as medical burden of disease Keith Alcorn / 04 May 2016 Securing commitments from national governments to treat viral hepatitis, scale up prevention activities and aim for elimination of hepatitis B and C by 2030 will require a broad coalition of forces – ... Liver associations worldwide call for elimination of viral hepatitis Liz Highleyman / 15 April 2016 Leaders of liver disease associations from Europe, the US, Latin America and Asia released a Joint Society Statement on Elimination of Viral Hepatitis on Thursday at the opening session of the International ... Elimination of viral hepatitis by 2030 is now the goal, advocates say Keith Alcorn / 12 April 2016 Hepatitis advocates are to launch a push for a global campaign to eliminate viral hepatitis by 2030. The move is part of a drive to raise political commitment for tackling viral hepatitis. The ... Cost of comprehensive global viral hepatitis prevention and treatment effort might peak at $11 billion in 2025 Keith Alcorn / 15 September 2015 Reaching the World Health Organization’s proposed targets for viral hepatitis control by 2030 could require global funding of $11 billion per year by 2025, Stefan Wiktor of the WHO Hepatitis Programme told ... ← First12Next → Other pages in this section Latest news All the news Hepatitis A Hepatitis B Hepatitis C Hepatitis D Hepatitis E Coronavirus NAFLD Treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma Transmission, epidemiology and prevention Health services, policy and advocacy Access to medicines & diagnostics Hepatitis C elimination Models of care Finance, funding & health economics National policy European policy International policy Activism and civil society Pharmaceutical industry Social issues Conference news Email bulletin archive