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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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).

Download the:

• guidelines
• policy brief

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

For more info:

• CDC hepatitis website
• follow on twitter

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

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• Press realease
• Infographic
• Report

Read the blog:

• Eliminating a ‘silent killer’: innovative sources of financing to help meet costs of prevention and treatment of viral hepatitis 
  by Pierre Van Damme.

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.

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

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

Hepatitis C Elimination Manifesto

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.

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.