[Editorial] Eliminating viral hepatitis: time to match visions with action

Viral hepatitis caused an estimated 1 ·4 million deaths in 2015—similar to tuberculosis and more than either HIV or malaria, yet historically these diseases have received insufficient attention from donors and policy makers. In May, 2016, the World Health Assembly adopted the Global Health Sector Strategy on Viral Hepatitis, 2016–2 0, which aims to eliminate viral hepatitis as a major public health threat by 2030. The strategy set global targets to reduce new viral hepatitis infections by 90% and to reduce deaths due to viral hepatitis by 65%, focusing mainly on hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV), which are re sponsible for most of the global burden.
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