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July 27, 2019
The WorldHealth Organisation on Friday urged countries to take advantage of recentreductions in the costs of diagnosing and treating viral hepatitis and scale upinvestments in disease elimination to save lives.
WHODirector-General, Tedros Ghebreyesus’ appeal came ahead of World Hepatitis Dayon July 28.
WHO citedits new study, published on Friday in Lancet Global Health, showing thebenefits of investing to eliminate the disease.
The studyfound that investing 6 billion dollars a year in eliminating hepatitis in 67low- and middle-income countries would avert 4.5 million premature deaths by2030, and more than 26 million deaths beyond that target date.
WHO said, Forthe vast majority of the 325 million people living with hepatitis B or C, accessingtesting and treatment remains beyond their reach.
A total of58.7 billion dollars is needed to eliminate viral hepatitis as a public healththreat in these 67 countries by 2030.