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Global Hepatitis Programme
The Department of Global HIV, Hepatitis and Sexually Transmitted Infections Programmes leads the development and implementation of the global health sector strategy on the elimination of viral hepatitis as a public health threat.
Global Hepatitis Report 2024
WHO's 2024 Global Hepatitis Report alerts that the number of lives lost due to viral hepatitis is increasing. The disease is the second leading infectious cause of death globally – with 1.3 million deaths per year, the same as tuberculosis, a top infectious killer.
This is the first consolidated WHO report on viral hepatitis epidemiology, service coverage and product access, with improved data for action. This report...
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Following years of having achieved very high coverage with hepatitis B immunization, Maldives and Sri Lanka have been verified by an independent expert...
27 February 2025
Self-testing implementation toolkit for HIV, hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections
Self-testing is a self-care intervention recommended by WHO as an additional testing strategy for HIV, hepatitis C and syphilis, respectively....
13 January 2025
WHO guideline on contact tracing
This practical guideline establishes definitions for “contact”, “contact person”, “contact tracing” and other associated...
4 December 2024
Priorities in planning person-centred hepatitis B and C testing services: operational guide
This operational guide on viral hepatitis testing services provides support to countries in developing policies and practices that define a strategic...
25 October 2024
Eliminating HIV, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted infections and tuberculosis as public health problems...
This report summarizes the outcomes of the meeting of lusophone countries held from 12 to 14 March 2024 in Brasília, Brazil focusing on integrated...
22 July 2024
Implementing the global health sector strategies on HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections,...
This report is the first of a series of biennial progress reports on the implementation of the Global health sector strategies on, respectively, HIV, viral...
These guidelines outline a public health approach to strengthening and expanding HIV testing services (HTS). They present and discuss key updates to...
17 July 2024
Fourth Consultation of the Regional Expert Panel for Verification of Hepatitis B Control in the South-East...
Hepatitis B control had gained momentum in the WHO South-East (SE) Asia Region as its public health burden had been recognized even prior to the COVID-19...
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