It is time to act!
28 JULY 2024
Under the theme “It’s time for action”, this year’s World Hepatitis Day highlights the need for collaborative action to expand access to diagnosis and treatment in countries.
Hepatitis B and C are silent chronic infections that, without proper diagnosis, can progress to liver cirrhosis or liver cancer, causing a significant negative impact on the lives of people and communities in our Region. In the Americas, nearly 80,000 new infections of hepatitis B and C arise each year, which are mostly going undetected.
The result? Over 100,000 hepatitis-related deaths every single year.
The good news is that there are medications available that cure hepatitis C, as well as effective treatments to control hepatitis B.
Here’s the key: prevention is possible! Vaccines and effective treatments exist, offering hope for all. Hepatitis B vaccine is available for both adults and children, while safe oral treatments can cure hepatitis C. Knowing their status and accessing treatment is crucial for pregnant women with chronic viral hepatitis B to prevent mother-to-child transmission. PAHO works hand in hand with countries in the region to scale-up access to diagnostic tests, medicines, and vaccines for viral hepatitis through PAHO’s Strategic Fund and the Revolving Fund.
Together, we can eliminate hepatitis in the Region of the Americas and achieve PAHO’s elimination goals by 2030. Let’s reduce the number of new cases and prevent needless deaths caused by hepatitis B and C infections…read more
See more:
- Hepatitis
- Sexually Transmitted Infections
- World Hepatitis Day: PAHO calls for expanded access to diagnosis and treatment
- Increased use of diagnostics and medicines for viral hepatitis could save up to 100.000 lives in the Americas each year
Related links:
- Dia Mundial de combate à Hepatite: OPAS incentiva a ampliação do acesso a diagnóstico e tratamento
- Fiocruz amplia as opções de tratamento da hepatite C no Brasil
- Hepatites virais: kits diagnósticos auxiliam no diagnóstico precoce
- Doenças socialmente determinadas: saiba mais sobre as hepatites virais
- Kit da Fiocruz passa a detectar malária em bolsas de sangue
- Novas orientações da OPAS buscam contribuir para investigação sobre causas da hepatite de origem desconhecida em crianças
- Perguntas e respostas: hepatite aguda grave em crianças
- Nova lei garante sigilo a pessoas vivendo com HIV, hepatites crônicas, tuberculose e hanseníase
- Hepatitis/Hepatite/Hepatitis
- Interrupção dos serviços de saúde durante pandemia de COVID-19 ameaça eliminação das hepatites virais na América Latina e no Caribe
