Research Uncovers Cheaper Diagnostic Tools For Chronic Hepatitis B in Africa

This study adds guidance as to when such earlier diagnosis may be attained. “However, research is one thing, health systems strengthening another. Studies like this one add to the impetus and arm the policymakers to make the right decisions,” he says. But he urges communities to take charge of these findings instead of leaving action in the hands of “sometimes incapacitated policymakers’ hands.” “The question should be, what is the community saying about findings such as these? If we wait for policymakers to decide when they are going to invest in hepatitis B interventions, we will wait for the rest of our lifetimes. “Time has come for community groups to work with the duty-bearers to the extent that hepatitis B is not a neglected tropical disease anymore,” he says. The WHO’s goal is to have hepatitis eliminated by 2030. IPS UN Bureau Report   Follow @IPSNewsUNBureau !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');   Malawi Suffers Worst Cholera Outbreak in Decades Cyclone Ana Floods Choke Malawi’s Water and Sanitation Goals Malawi Counts Success of Polio Vaccination Drive after Detecting First Case in 30 Years
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