The 69th World Health Assembly approved the Global Health Sector Strategy to eliminate viral hepatitis by 2030. Although no virological cure exists for hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, existing therapies to control viral replication and prophylaxis to minimise mother-to-child transmission make elimination of HBV feasible. We aimed to estimate the national, regional, and global prevalence of HBsAg in the general population and in the population aged 5 years in 2016, as well as coverage of prophylaxis, diagnosis, and treatment.

HEPATITIS E has claimed its third victim, some two months since the disease outbreak was declared in Windhoek late last year.

Ludhiana: Health took a backseat for the Ludhianvis in 2017. Six major outbreaks had been reported this year.

Setting itself a three-year target to eliminate hepatitis, which affects 52 million people in the country, the health ministry is gearing up to roll out a national action plan by October end.

As more than a million Egyptians, Ahmed Nada suffered from hepatitis C before finding the path to healing in a country that has become a global destination for patients seeking treatment.

Officials in San Diego County have declared a public health emergency because of the spread of the liver disease hepatitis A.

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NAIROBI (Xinhua) -- Kenya will in August launch the first national guideline in the management of Hepatitis disease, a government official has revealed.

As the World weekend marked this year's World Hepatitis Day, the World Health Organization, WHO, has disclosed that, estimated 325 million people worldwide have viral hepatitis even as the 257 mill

Hepatitis B is endemic in South Africa, but up until now, little has been known about the local prevalence of hepatitis C, especially in high-risk populations such as men who have sex with men, sex

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