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The 2023 Global Hepatitis Webinar "One life, one liver" will feature WHO leaders and high-profile speakers in a multi-stakeholder discussion to share country examples and solutions that highlight the importance of the liver for a healthy life and the need to scale up viral hepatitis prevention, testing and treatment to optimize liver health, prevent liver disease and achieve the 2030 hepatitis elimination.
LONDON —WHO presented updated guidance on hepatitis C, calling for drastic simplification of care pathways to alleviate access gaps in HCV testing and treatment, during a joint WHO-EASL-CDC symposium at the International Liver Congress. “In 2016, when WHO launched its global strategy, there were ambitious plans for elimination, defined as a 90% reduction in incidence and a 65%
Experts update the latest case numbers for acute hepatitis in children and discuss possible factors that result in the disease, namely, adenovirus and COVID-19, either separately or together.
At its most extreme, hepatitis can cause the liver to stop working. So far, more than 240 cases have been reported in the UK, while 11 British children have needed a transplant.
12 cases of unexplained acute hepatitis in children have been reported so far in Israel.