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2024 August, Hepatitis B in England 2024 Report by the UK Health Security Agency
This report summarises England’s progress towards the World Health Organization (WHO) elimination targets for hepatitis B with data to end of 2022. This report arrives at a crucial juncture in our...
2024 August, Central and Eastern European Meeting on Viral Hepatitis and HIV 2024
VHPB endorses the Central and Eastern European Meeting on Viral Hepatitis and HIV 2024 (CEE 2024) that will be held virtually on 10 September 2024 at 16:00 - 18:00...
2024 June, Liver cancer inequalities in Europe and the role of viral hepatitis
ECDC/EC published a factsheet on liver cancer inequalities in Europe and the role of viral hepatitis. Read the full report here.
2024 May, New EDCD data show a persisting high burden of Hepatitis B and C in the EU/EEA
Recent ECDC data show that despite progress in prevention and control efforts, the hepatitis B and hepatitis C viruses (HBV and HCV) continue to pose significant public health challenges in the...
2024 February, VHPB endorses European Meeting on HIV & Hepatitis 2024 – Last call for abstracts!
The VHPB endorses the European meeting on HIV & Hepatitis 2024 - Treatment Strategies & Antiviral Drug Resistance (22-24 May 2024, Barcelona, Spain). Final call for abstract...
2023 November, VHPB endorses IVHEM2023
The VHPB endorses the International Viral Hepatitis Elimination Meeting, 1-2 December 2023, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. For more information and registration: International Viral Hepatitis...
2023 October, Attention for hepatitis D as a public health problem
Based on the VHPB technical meeting on the changing context of hepatitis Delta (28-29 Oct 2021), a number of VHPB advisor, together with the VHPB scientific secretariat have written a maniscript...
2023 August, Gavi’s green light for hepatitis B birth dose vaccination in Africa
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, resumes support for hepatitis B vaccination of newborns in Africa. Read more in the news item ofthe Coalition for Global Hepatitis Elimination here, or the...
2023 July, VHPB meeting materials available online
Following VHPB meeting materials are now available online: Elimination of Viral Hepatitis in the Balkan countries: Lessons Learnt and the way forward, Skopje (North Macedonia), 27-28 October 2022....
2023 June, VHPB endorses the HepHIV2023 Conference
The VHPB endorses the HepHIV2023 Conference. HepHIV2023 Conference: Progress and implementation of integrated testing, new technologies and ensuring equity in the delivery of HIV, viral...