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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 poten...
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
Progress Toward Hepatitis B Control and Elimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission of Hepatitis B Virus - World Health Organization African Region, 2016-2021
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2023 Jul 21;72(29):782-787. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7229a2.ABSTRACTChronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is one of the leading causes of cirrhosis and liver cancer. In 2019, approximately 1.5 million persons newly acquired chronic HBV infection; among these, 990,000 (66%) were in the World Health Organization (WHO) African Region (AFR). Most chronic HBV infections are acquired through mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) or during early childhood, and approximately two thirds of these infections occur in AFR. In 2016, the World Health Assembly endorsed the goal of elimination of mother-to-child t...
Source: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkl... - July 20, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Hyacinte J Kabore Xi Li Mary M Alleman Casimir M Manzengo Mutale Mumba Joseph Biey Gilson Paluku Ado M Bwaka Benido Impouma Rania A Tohme Source Type: research
Dashboard With Bump Charts to Visualize the Changes in the Rankings of Leading Causes of Death According to Two Lists: National Population-Based Time-Series Cross-Sectional Study
CONCLUSIONS: A dashboard with bump charts can be used to improve the visualization of the changes in the rankings of leading CODs according to the WHO and NCHS lists as well as demographic characteristics; the visualization can help users make informed decisions regarding the most appropriate ranking list for their needs.PMID:37368475 | DOI:10.2196/42149
Source: Cancer Control - June 27, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Shu-Yu Tai Ying-Chen Chi Yu-Wen Chien Ichiro Kawachi Tsung-Hsueh Lu Source Type: research
Alcohol consumption and risks of more than 200 diseases in Chinese men
Nat Med. 2023 Jun 8. doi: 10.1038/s41591-023-02383-8. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAlcohol consumption accounts for ~3 million annual deaths worldwide, but uncertainty persists about its relationships with many diseases. We investigated the associations of alcohol consumption with 207 diseases in the 12-year China Kadoorie Biobank of >512,000 adults (41% men), including 168,050 genotyped for ALDH2- rs671 and ADH1B- rs1229984 , with >1.1 million ICD-10 coded hospitalized events. At baseline, 33% of men drank alcohol regularly. Among men, alcohol intake was positively associated with 61 diseases, including 33 not defi...
Source: Cancer Control - June 8, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Pek Kei Im Neil Wright Ling Yang Ka Hung Chan Yiping Chen Yu Guo Huaidong Du Xiaoming Yang Daniel Avery Shaojie Wang Canqing Yu Jun Lv Robert Clarke Junshi Chen Rory Collins Robin G Walters Richard Peto Liming Li Zhengming Chen Iona Y Millwood China Kadoo Source Type: research
Nurse-led initiation of hepatitis C care in rural Cambodia
CONCLUSION: The safety and effectiveness of direct-acting antiviral medication has previously been demonstrated. Models of HCV care now need to enable greater access for patients. The nurse-led initiation pilot project provides a model for use in other resource-poor settings to scale up national programmes.PMID:37008268 | PMC:PMC10042090 | DOI:10.2471/BLT.22.288956
Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization - April 3, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Daniel O'Keefe Keo Samley Voeurng Bunreth Tonia Marquardt Serge Eric Bobi Kien Antharo Chanroeun San Kim Hem Sothy Thoang Sokha Chor Samnang Yan Sokchea Farah Hossain Suna Balkan Mickael Le Paih Jean-Philippe Dousset Source Type: research
