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World Hepatitis Day—July 28—offers a timely opportunity to turn the spotlight towards global efforts to address viral hepatitis. Worldwide, the hepatitis viruses are responsible for an estimated 1·34 million deaths a year, with a disproportionate disease burden in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). The ambitious WHO goal of eliminating viral hepatitis as a major public health threat…
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Mashup Score: 0The impact of COVID-19 on hepatitis elimination - 4 year(s) ago
Around the world, the communities most underserved by health systems have been among the hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.1 Often, these are the same groups that are disproportionally affected by viral hepatitis. With just 10 years to achieve WHO’s target, adopted in 2016, to eliminate hepatitis by 2030,2 has the COVID-19 pandemic put reaching that goal in greater doubt?
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Mashup Score: 0Lancet | World Hepatitis Day 2020 - 4 year(s) ago
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Mashup Score: 2Accelerating the elimination of viral hepatitis: a Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology Commission - 4 year(s) ago
Viral hepatitis is a major public health threat and a leading cause of death worldwide. Annual mortality from viral hepatitis is similar to that of other major infectious diseases such as HIV and tuberculosis. Highly effective prevention measures and treatments have made the global elimination of viral hepatitis a realistic goal, endorsed by all WHO member states. Ambitious targets call for a…
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Mashup Score: 1Do the most heavily burdened countries have the right policies to eliminate viral hepatitis B and C? - 4 year(s) ago
In 2019, a Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology Commission on accelerating the elimination of viral hepatitis reported on the status of 11 viral hepatitis policy indicators in 66 countries and territories with the heaviest burden by global region. Policies were reported as being either in place, in development, or not in place. This study uses the Commission findings to estimate hepatitis B virus…
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Mashup Score: 1
World Hepatitis Day—July 28—offers a timely opportunity to turn the spotlight towards global efforts to address viral hepatitis. Worldwide, the hepatitis viruses are responsible for an estimated 1·34 million deaths a year, with a disproportionate disease burden in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). The ambitious WHO goal of eliminating viral hepatitis as a major public health threat…
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Mashup Score: 6Global hepatitis C elimination: an investment framework - 4 year(s) ago
WHO has set global targets for the elimination of hepatitis B and hepatitis C as a public health threat by 2030. However, investment in elimination programmes remains low. To help drive political commitment and catalyse domestic and international financing, we have developed a global investment framework for the elimination of hepatitis B and hepatitis C. The global investment framework presented…
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Mashup Score: 1A model of the economic benefits of global hepatitis C elimination: an investment case - 4 year(s) ago
Major gains in reducing the burden of hepatitis C are now possible because of the discovery of a cure. The prevention of premature deaths and increased workforce participation among people who are cured are likely to provide substantial indirect economic benefits. We developed an investment case for hepatitis C for the six WHO world regions, which, to our knowledge, is the first to consider both…
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Mashup Score: 4Lancet | World Hepatitis Day 2020 - 4 year(s) ago
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Mashup Score: 1The impact of COVID-19 on hepatitis elimination - 4 year(s) ago
Around the world, the communities most underserved by health systems have been among the hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.1 Often, these are the same groups that are disproportionally affected by viral hepatitis. With just 10 years to achieve WHO’s target, adopted in 2016, to eliminate hepatitis by 2030,2 has the COVID-19 pandemic put reaching that goal in greater doubt?
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New Editorial - Eliminating viral hepatitis in the #COVID19 era: weighing challenge and opportunity - https://t.co/QKVYSebUGY #HepFreeFuture #nohep #covidcollateral #SARSCoV2 #viralhepatitis https://t.co/yOBbRiuHcM