NEW THIS FRIDAY: TEN ON TRENDS IN HEP B/ W.H.O. GLOBAL POLICY REPORT ON THE PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF VIRAL HEPATITIS

Wednesday, 31st of July 2013

TEN ON TRENDS IN HEPATITIS B

Note to readers: This posting marks World Hepatitis Day. There has been progress in some areas, especially the Western Pacific, with China carriage rates declining from 9.8 to 7.2 percent between 1992 and 2006. Elsewhere, prevalence declines and increases in vaccination coverage are uneven. This is remarkable for several reasons: 1) the low cost of the vaccine 2) ease of storage and administration 3) high mortality burden from cancer of the liver.

Good reading.
BD

WHO GLOBAL POLICY REPORT ON THE PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF VIRAL HEPATITIS

Posted on 28 July 2013 by davidrcurry

Global policy report on the prevention and control of viral hepatitis
World Health Organization
Number of pages: 220
Publication date: July 2013
Languages: English
ISBN: 978 92 4 156463 2

Full text is at http://www.who.int/csr/disease/hepatitis/global_report/en/

The periodic evaluation of implementation of the WHO strategy requires an initial baseline survey of all Member States. In mid-2012, WHO, in collaboration with the World Hepatitis Alliance, conducted such a survey, asking Member States to provide information relating to the four axes of the WHO strategy. In particular, Member States were asked whether key prevention and control activities are being conducted. This report presents the results.

The first chapter provides an introduction to viral hepatitis and to the global response to this group of diseases. The second chapter provides a global overview of the survey findings. Chapters three through eight present findings from the six WHO regions, including summaries of data from all responding countries. Additional survey data, study methodology information and the survey instrument can be found in Annexes A–E.