Most Countries Not on Track to Eliminate Hepatitis B and C by 2030
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Jim Allen:
POZ.com in full: https://www.poz.com/article/countries-track-eliminate-hepatitis-b-c-2030
In short:
--- Quote ---Only 11 countries are on track to eliminate hepatitis C by 2030, and no country is are expected to eliminate hepatitis B in that time frame, according to study findings presented at the AASLD Liver Meeting.
According to the hepatitis C models, only 11 countries are on track to meet all HCV elimination targets by 2030: Australia, Canada, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, the country of Georgia, Japan, Norway, Spain and the United Kingdom. Another two dozen are expected to meet these targets between 2031 and 2050.
The hepatitis B models showed that no country is on track to achieve all HBV targets by 2030 or by 2050. But more than 80 countries will reduce the prevalence of hepatitis B in children ages 5 and under—the age group covered by universal HBV vaccination programs—by 2030. --- End quote ---