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Hepatitis

Africa

• Journal of Hepatology
  • Reducing the neglected burden of viral hepatitis in Africa: Strategies for a global approach [2014]

• WHO African Region
  • Hepatitis Scorecard for the WHO Africa Region Implementing the hepatitis elimination strategy [2019]
  • End hepatitis by 2030: prevention, care and treatment of viral hepatitis in the African Region: framework for action, 2016-2020 [2017]
  • Hepatitis

Americas

• Pan American Health Organization
  • 2017 Highlights. Hepatitis B and C in the Spotlight: a public health response in the Americas [2017]
  • Hepatitis

Argentina

• Revista Argentina de Microbiología
  • Acute viral hepatitis: What we do know and still do not know about hepatitis A and E in Argentina [2024]

Asia

• Pathogens
  • Hepatitis A and E Viruses Are Important Agents of Acute Severe Hepatitis in Asia: A Narrative Review [2025]

• Viruses
  • Asian Perspective on Hepatitis B Virus and Hepatitis C Virus Elimination [2024]

• WHO Western Pacific Region
  • First Meeting of Hepatitis Programme Focal Points from High-burden Countries in Asia, Hong Kong SAR (China), 22-24 June 2016 : meeting report [2016]

Brazil

• Annals of Hepatology
  • Choosing wisely recommendations regarding the top five list of procedures to avoid in the treatment of viral hepatitis: A position statement from the Brazilian Society of Hepatology endorsed by the Latin American Association for the Study of the liver [2023]

• Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
  • Brazilian Protocol for Sexually Transmitted Infections 2020: viral hepatitis [2021]

Canada

• BCGuidelines
  • Viral Hepatitis Testing

China

• International Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • Systematic review on the reporting quality of randomized controlled trials in patients with hepatitis B or C in China [2018]

• WHO Western Pacific Region
  • Hepatitis in China

• World Journal of Gastroenterology
  • Clinical characteristics and current management of hepatitis B and C in China [2014]

Egypt

• Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal
  • Towards a hepatitis-free Egypt: is this achievable? [2018]

Egypt, Mauritania

• World Journal of Gastroenterology
  • Challenge of hepatitis C in Egypt and hepatitis B in Mauritania [2018]

Ethiopia

• BMC Public Health
  • Chronic viral hepatitis: policy, regulation, and strategies for its control and elimination in Ethiopia [2016]

• Journal of Viral Hepatitis
  • The Disease and Economic Burden of HBV and HCV in Ethiopia [2025]

Europe

• BMC Infectious Diseases
  • Identification of hepatitis B and C screening and patient management guidelines and availability of training for chronic viral hepatitis among health professionals in six European countries: results of a semi-quantitative survey [2015]

• BMC Public Health
  • Healthcare-associated hepatitis B and C transmission to patients in the EU/EEA and UK: a systematic review of reported outbreaks between 2006 and 2021 [2022]

• Bulletin of the World Health Organization
  • Improving care of migrants is key for viral hepatitis elimination in Europe [2021]

• Croatian Medical Journal
  • Are the testing needs of key European populations affected by hepatitis B and hepatitis C being addressed? A scoping review of testing studies in Europe [2016]

• European Association for the Study of the Liver
  • EASL, WHO, and ECDC Joint statement: Ensuring high-quality viral hepatitis care for refugees from Ukraine [2022]

• European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
  • A pilot survey of stigma related to infection with hepatitis B and C [2025]
  • Prevention of hepatitis B and C in the EU/EEA, 2024 [2024]
  • Prevention of hepatitis B and C in the EU/EEA [2022]
  • Hepatitis of unknown origin - Reporting protocol 2022 [2022]
  • Guidance for diagnostic testing of cases with severe acute hepatitis of unknown aetiology in children [2022]
  • The sustainable development goals and hepatitis B and C in the EU/EEA [2021]
  • Hepatitis B and C testing in the EU/EEA: progress in reaching the elimination targets [2021]
  • Prevention of hepatitis B and C in the EU/EEA and the UK [2020]
  • Hepatitis B and C testing strategies in healthcare and community settings in the EU/EEA [2018]
  • Hepatitis B and C testing activities, needs, and priorities in the EU/EEA [2017]
  • Viral hepatitis

• European Union Drugs Agency
  • Viral hepatitis policies in Europe

• EuroSurveillance
  • Self-reported hepatitis A and B vaccination coverage among men who have sex with men (MSM), associated factors and vaccination recommendations in 43 countries of the WHO European Region: results from the European MSM Internet Survey, EMIS-2017 [2024]
  • Towards elimination of hepatitis B and C in European Union and European Economic Area countries: monitoring the World Health Organization’s global health sector strategy core indicators and scaling up key interventions [2017]

• Expert Review of Vaccines
  • Toward elimination of hepatitis A and B in Europe: vaccination successes, challenges, and opportunities [2025]

• Frontiers in Public Health
  • A systematic review of barriers and facilitators for hepatitis B and C screening among migrants in the EU/EEA region [2023]

• International Union against Sexually Transmitted Infections
  • 2017 European Guideline for the screening, prevention and initial management of hepatitis B & C infections in sexual health settings [2017]

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene
  • The role of the general practitioner in the screening and clinical management of chronic viral hepatitis in six EU countries [2016]

• WHO European Region
  • Compendium of good practices in the health sector response to viral hepatitis in the WHO European Region [2020]
  • Hepatitis EURO

Europe, United States

• American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
  • Guidance on treatment endpoints and study design for clinical trials aiming to achieve cure in chronic hepatitis B and D: Report from the 2022 AASLD-EASL HBV/HDV treatment endpoints conference [2023]

Georgia

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Progress Toward the Elimination of Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C in the Country of Georgia, April 2015–April 2024 [2024]

High-income countries

• Health & Social Care in the Community
  • What is known about the care and support provided for an ageing population with lived experience of chronic viral hepatitis as they near end-of-life: A scoping review [2022]

• Journal of Viral Hepatitis
  • A Qualitative Systematic Review of Barriers and Facilitators to Hepatitis B and C Programmes in Prisons [2025]

India

• Indian Academy of Pediatrics
  • Viral Hepatitis [2022]

• Indian Journal of Medical Research
  • Combating the wrath of viral hepatitis in India [2016]

• Ministry of Health and Family Welfare India
  • National Action Plan - Combating Viral Hepatitis in India [2019]
  • National Viral Hepatitis Control Program Operational Guidelines [2018]
  • National Laboratory Guidelines for Testing of Viral Hepatitis [2018]
  • National Guidelines for Diagnosis & Management of Viral Hepatitis [2018]

International

• BMC Infectious Diseases
  • WHO guidelines on testing for hepatitis B and C – meeting targets for testing [2017]
  • The HepTestContest: a global innovation contest to identify approaches to hepatitis B and C testing [2017]
  • One or two serological assay testing strategy for diagnosis of HBV and HCV infection? The use of predictive modelling [2017]
  • Methodological challenges in appraising evidence on diagnostic testing for WHO guidelines on hepatitis B and hepatitis C virus infection [2017]

• BMC Public Health
  • Associations between national viral hepatitis policies/programmes and country-level socioeconomic factors: a sub-analysis of data from the 2013 WHO viral hepatitis policy report [2017]

• Drug Safety
  • Consensus Guidelines: Best Practices for Detection, Assessment and Management of Suspected Acute Drug-Induced Liver Injury During Clinical Trials in Adults with Chronic Viral Hepatitis and Adults with Cirrhosis Secondary to Hepatitis B, C and Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis [2021]

• National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
  • A National Strategy for the Elimination of Hepatitis B and C: Phase Two Report [2017]

• PLoS ONE
  • Cost-Effectiveness of HBV and HCV Screening Strategies – A Systematic Review of Existing Modelling Techniques [2015]

• Virology
  • Epidemiological, diagnostic, therapeutic and prognostic impact of hepatitis B and D virus infection on hepatocellular carcinoma: A review of the literature [2024]

• Viruses
  • The Key Importance of Screening Underprivileged People in Order to Achieve Global Hepatitis Virus Elimination Targets [2025]
  • Recent Advances in Protective Vaccines against Hepatitis Viruses: A Narrative Review [2023]

Ireland

• EuroSurveillance
  • Investigation of an outbreak of novel hepatitis of unknown aetiology in children and adolescents, Ireland, 2021 to 2023 [2025]

Japan

• Hepatology Research
  • Countermeasures against viral hepatitis B and C in Japan: An epidemiological point of view [2019]

Kiribati

• WHO Western Pacific Region
  • Viral hepatitis situation and response in Kiribati 2015 [2017]

Kyrgyzstan

• WHO European Region
  • Assessment of the viral hepatitis response in Kyrgyzstan: 11–15 July 2016: mission report [2017]

Latin America

• Frontiers in Public Health
  • REVIRAL: roadmap for the elimination of viral hepatitis in Latin America [2025]

Low and middle income countries

• BMC Infectious Diseases
  • Values, preferences and current hepatitis B and C testing practices in low- and middle-income countries: results of a survey of end users and implementers [2017]
  • Survey of programmatic experiences and challenges in delivery of hepatitis B and C testing in low- and middle-income countries [2017]

• Value in Health
  • Cost-Effectiveness of Testing and Treatment for Hepatitis B Virus and Hepatitis C Virus Infections: An Analysis by Scenarios, Regions, and Income [2020]

Malawi

• Ministry of Health Malawi
  • Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Hepatitis B and C in Malawi [2023]

Malaysia

• Ministry of Health Malaysia
  • National strategic plan for hepatitis B and C [2019]

Mexico

• Annals of Hepatology
  • How far is Mexico from Viral Hepatitis Global Health Sector Strategy 2030 targets [2020]

• Pathogens
  • Advances in the Elimination of Viral Hepatitis in Mexico: A Local Perspective on the Global Initiative [2024]

Mongolia

• WHO Western Pacific Region
  • Viral hepatitis in Mongolia : situation and response 2015 [2016]

Nepal

• Ministry of Health and Population
  • National Strategy for Viral Hepatitis B and C 2023-2030 [2023]

Netherlands

• PLoS ONE
  • Cost-effectiveness of screening for chronic hepatitis B and C among migrant populations in a low endemic country [2018]

New Zealand

• New Zealand Sexual Health Society
  • Hepatitis A, B and C

Nigeria

• Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare
  • National guidelines for the prevention, care and treatment of viral hepatitis B & C in Nigeria [2016]

Portugal

• EuroSurveillance
  • Task Force for a rapid response to an outbreak of severe acute hepatitis of unknown aetiology in children in Portugal in 2022 [2023]

Republic of Korea

• Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • The Economic Burden of Hepatitis A, B, and C in South Korea [2016]

Rwanda

• Ministry of Health Rwanda
  • National Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Viral Hepatitis B and C [2015]

Saudi Arabia

• Saudi Medical Journal
  • Viral hepatitis in Saudi Arabia. An unfinished story [2015]

Singapore

• National Centre for Infectious Diseases
  • Hepatitis

South Africa

• National Department of Health South Africa
  • National Guidelines for the Management of Viral Hepatitis [2019]

South-East Asia, Western Pacific

• World Health Organization
  • Training Modules on Hepatitis B and C Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment [2020]

Spain

• Viruses
  • Comprehensive Diagnosis of Viral Hepatitis in Spain: Bases for Implementation [2025]

Taiwan

• PLoS ONE
  • Does Pay-For-Performance Program Increase Providers Adherence to Guidelines for Managing Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Taiwan? [2016]

Tanzania

• Ministry of Health Tanzania
  • National strategic plan for the control of viral hepatitis 2018/19-2022/23 [2019]

Uganda

• Ministry of Health Uganda
  • Uganda Guidelines for Prevention, Testing, Care and Treatment of Hepatitis B and C Virus Infection [2019]

United Kingdom

• HSC Public Health Agency
  • NI Regional Hepatitis B&C Managed Clinical Network Annual Report

• National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
  • Virtual Touch Quantification to diagnose and monitor liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis B and C [2020]
  • Hepatitis B and C testing: people at risk of infection [2013]
  • Hepatitis

United States

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Viral Hepatitis - STI Treatment Guidelines [2021]
  • Viral Hepatitis

• HPB
  • Outcomes of transplantation for HBV- vs. HCV-related HCC: impact of DAA HCV therapy in a national analysis of >20,000 patients [2022]

• National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
  • Eliminating the Public Health Problem of Hepatitis B and C in the United States [2016]

• StatPearls
  • Viral Hepatitis

• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  • Viral Hepatitis

• U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Viral Hepatitis and Liver Disease

WHO

• World Health Organization
  • Priorities in planning person-centred hepatitis B and C testing services: operational guide [2024]
  • Consolidated guidelines on person-centred viral hepatitis strategic information: using data to support country scale-up of hepatitis prevention, diagnosis and treatment services [2024]
  • Guidance for country validation of viral hepatitis elimination and path to elimination [2023]
  • Laboratory testing for severe acute hepatitis of unknown aetiology in children: interim guidance, 17 June 2022 [2022]
  • Interim guidance for country validation of viral hepatitis elimination [2021]
  • Guidelines on hepatitis B and C testing [2017]
  • Global health sector strategy on viral hepatitis 2016-2021 [2016]
  • Hepatitis guidelines
  • Hepatitis
  • Global Hepatitis Programme

WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region

• WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region
  • Regional action plan for the implementation of the global health sector strategy on viral hepatitis 2017–2021 [2017]
  • Summary report on the strategic and technical consultation on viral hepatitis in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, Casablanca, Morocco, 25–27 April 2016 [2016]
  • Hepatitis

WHO South-East Asia Region

• WHO South-East Asia Region
  • Accelerating action towards a hepatitis-free future: Progress report on the regional action plan for viral hepatitis in the WHO South-East Asia Region(2016-2021) [2020]
  • Hepatitis [2017]
  • Hepatitis

WHO Western Pacific Region

• WHO Western Pacific Region
  • Informal Consultation on Access to Hepatitis Medicines in Upper-Middle- and High-Income Countries, Manila, Philippines, 21-22 August 2017 : meeting report [2017]
  • Second Meeting of the Strategic Technical Advisory Committee for Viral Hepatitis in the Western Pacific, Hanoi, Viet Nam, 25-27 January 2016 : meeting report [2016]
  • Improving access to prevention, testing and treatment for hepatitis
  • Hepatitis in Western Pacific

Zambia

• Journal of Viral Hepatitis
  • Progress on the elimination of viral hepatitis in Zimbabwe: A review of the policies, strategies and challenges [2021]

• WHO African Region
  • Implementation Framework & Clinical Guidance for Viral Hepatitis Prevention & Treatment 2019 [2020]

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  • Hepatitis: epidemiology
  • Hepatitis in pregnancy and newborn
  • Hepatitis G
  • Hepatitis E
  • Hepatitis D
  • Hepatitis C
  • Hepatitis B
  • Hepatitis A
  • HIV/AIDS and hepatitis
  • Autoimmune hepatitis
  • Alcoholic hepatitis