Estimates of the coverage of diagnosis and treatment for HBV and HCV infection, by WHO region and income group, 2015

Center for Disease Analysis. Estimates of the coverage of diagnosis and treatment for HBV and HCV infection, by WHO region and income group, 2015. April 2017.

Summary

In May 2016, the World Health Assembly endorsed the Global Health Sector Strategy (GHSS) on viral hepatitis 2016–2021. The GHSS calls for the elimination of viral hepatitis as a public health threat by 2030 (reducing new infections by 90% and mortality by 65%).

This WHO Global hepatitis report describes, for the ﬁrst time, the global and regional estimates on viral hepatitis in 2015, setting the baseline for tracking progress in implementing the new global strategy.

The report focuses on hepatitis B and C, which are responsible for 96% of all hepatitis mortality. It presents data along the ﬁve strategic directions (strategic information, interventions, equity, ﬁnancing and innovation) – key pillars of the GHSS to facilitate monitoring of progress in countries, regions and globally, and to measure the impact of interventions on reducing new infections and saving lives between 2015 and 2030.