Including the voice of people living with viral hepatitis: lessons learned from Japan to accelerate progress towards global hepatitis elimination.
Journal
Tropical medicine and health
ISSN: 1348-8945
Titre abrégé: Trop Med Health
Pays: Japan
ID NLM: 101215093
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 Oct 2021
01 Oct 2021
Historique:
received:
06
09
2021
accepted:
20
09
2021
entrez:
2
10
2021
pubmed:
3
10
2021
medline:
3
10
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Despite the growing momentum created by the WHO for eliminating viral hepatitis as a public health threat by 2030, the global response is still slow and more actions are needed to meet the elimination goals, especially in low-income and middle-income countries. Japan is one of a handful of countries currently on track to achieve the WHO hepatitis elimination targets by 2030. To better understand the successful control of viral hepatitis in Japan, it is important to recognize the role of the patient association for viral hepatitis, known as the "Japan Hepatitis Council", which celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2021. The greatest impact of the Japan Hepatitis Council has been in achieving wider access to antiviral treatments for viral hepatitis. The example of Japan and the Japan Hepatitis Council highlights the need for the engagement of civil society and patient groups to ensure equitable access to hepatitis services and to accelerate the global hepatitis elimination.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34598715
doi: 10.1186/s41182-021-00371-7
pii: 10.1186/s41182-021-00371-7
pmc: PMC8485555
doi:
Types de publication
Letter
Langues
eng
Pagination
79Informations de copyright
© 2021. The Author(s).
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