Blueprint to hepatitis B elimination in China: A modelling analysis of clinical strategies

CONCLUSIONS: Eliminating HBV will require interventional strategies to improve diagnostic, linkage-to-care, and treatment coverages. Developing novel therapies will be crucial in further reducing HBV-related mortality and removing HBV as a public health threat.IMPACT AND IMPLICATIONS: This study explores the key developments and optimal intervention strategies needed to achieve WHO hepatitis B elimination targets by 2030 in China. It highlights that China can realise the HBV elimination targets in the incidence by 2025, and by upscaling diagnostic, linkage-to-care, and treatment coverages, up to 2 million lives could potentially be saved from HBV-related deaths.PMID:37675271 | PMC:PMC10477682 | DOI:10.1016/j.jhepr.2023.100833

Source: Cancer Control - September 7, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Rui Li Mingwang Shen Jason J Ong Fuqiang Cui Wenyi Hu Polin Chan Zhuoru Zou Shu Su Hangting Liu Lei Zhang Wai-Kay Seto William C W Wong Source Type: research