The Lancet reposted this
July 28th marks #WorldHepatitisDay. The headline figures from the 2024 WHO Global Hepatitis Report make for grim reading. In 2022: ▶️1·3 million people died from viral hepatitis: an increase from 2019 estimates, and second only to COVID-19 as the leading communicable cause of death. ▶️around 2·2 million individuals were newly infected with hepatitis B or C and an estimated 304 million were living with these viruses: both lower than 2019 estimates, but still unacceptably high. We have the tools to eliminate viral hepatitis by 2030, but efforts to do so are not on track. Action is needed now to change the trajectory. Read our Editorial here: https://lnkd.in/eS6eXQKS #ViralHepatitis #TimeForAction #NoHep World Health Organization The World Hepatitis Alliance The Hepatitis Fund Hepatitis B Foundation Coalition for Global Hepatitis Elimination