News - World Health Assembly (WHA) endorsed WHO's first Global Health Sector Strategy on viral hepatitis for 2016-2021

On 28 May 2016, representatives from the WHO Member States convening the Sixty-ninth World Health Assembly unanimously endorsed the Global Health Sector Strategy (GHSS) on viral hepatitis for 2016–2021.

Aim of the strategy: spur countries to action in order to eliminate hepatitis as a public health threat by 2030.

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News - Updated WHO Guidelines for the screening, care and treatment of persons with chronic hepatitis C infection (April 2016)

The updated WHO Guidelines provide evidence-based recommendations
for the treatment of persons with hepatitis C infection
using, where possible, all-oral combinations of direct-acting antivirals (DAAs).

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News - May is Hepatitis Awareness Month

In the United States, May is Hepetatis Awareness Month.
The 19th of May is Hepatitis Testing Day.

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News - Report on Innovative Financing into Hepatitis B and C Prevention and Treatment in Low and Middle Income Countries.

VHPB launches report on Innovative Financing into Hep B and C Prevention and Treatment.

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News - Presentations Ljublana Meeting 'Highlight underserved for screening, prevention and treatment of viral hepatitis B and C in Europe'

The presentations of the VHPB meeting in Ljublana on 10 and 11 March 2016 on: 'Highlight underserved for screening, prevention and treatment of viral hepatitis B and C in Europe' are online.

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News - ELPA launches Hepatitis B and C - An Action Plan for Saving Lives in Europe

Hepatitis B and C - An Action Plan for Saving Lives in Europe

Over the past four decades, we have seen a significant increase in people across Europe being affected by hepatitis B and C; both serious, asymptomatic, infectious diseases that kill around 120,000 people in Europe every year.1 In response to this, a large body of work has been produced over the past three years, giving information and recommendations on how to address the burden of the disease.

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News - Presentations Riga Meeting 'Prevention and control of viral hepatitis in the Baltic States: lessons learnt and the way forward'

Prevention and control of viral hepatitis in the Baltic States: lessons learnt and the way forward.

The presentations of the VHPB meeting in Riga on 19 and 20 November 2015 are now online.

 

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News - Hepatitis C Elimination Manifesto

Hepatitis C Elimination Manifesto

The ‘Hepatitis C Elimination Manifesto’ was presented at the first EU HCV Policy Summit, organised by the Hepatitis B and C Public Policy Association, and supported by the main European patient and clinician groups. In the ‘Hepatitis C Elimination Manifesto’, 'Europe’s leading experts, medical specialists and patient advocacy groups on hepatitis announced their intention to work towards the elimination of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) in Europe by 2030.

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News - 2015 EASL Recommendations on Treatment of Hepatitis C

EASL Recommendations on Treatment of Hepatitis C 2015

In 2015, EASL released updated recommendations on treatment of hepatitis C. These recommendations are intended to assist physicians and other healthcare providers, as well as patients and other interested individuals, in the clinical decision-making process by describing the optimal management of patients with acute and chronic hepatitis C infections.

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News - 2015 World Hepatitis Summit

World Hepatitis Summit

From 2-4 September, the World Hepatitis Summit was held in order to upscale the world’s response to hepatitis and to address the need for a global forum to examine public health approaches to the disease. The Summit is a joint World Health Organization (WHO) and World Hepatitis Alliance (WHA).

The Summit resulted in the Glasgow Declaration on Hepatitis.

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