Although 124 countries now have national plans for viral hepatitis elimination, 42% of plans have no domestic funding. The United States lags behind in this estimation of the year countries will achieve the World Health Organization elimination target.

From Infohep:

  • Most countries will struggle to eliminate hepatitis C by 2030 due to lack of investment and political will, missing an internationally agreed target set by the World Health Organization, The International Liver Congress in Vienna heard earlier this month.

From NATAP:

  • Of 45 high-income countries and territories, 30 were projected to not eliminate HCV before 2050
  • Nine (Australia, France, Iceland, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom) were on track towards eliminating HCV by 2030
  • Three (Austria, Germany, and Malta) were projected to eliminate HCV by 2040, and three more (Ireland, the Netherlands, and Saudi Arabia) by 2050
  • The number of high-income countries and territories that failed to meet each WHO target for HCV elimination was: 34 (incidence), 30 (mortality), 20 (diagnosis), and 26 (treatment)”
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