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Forgotten, not neglected: viral hepatitis in resource‐limited settings, recall for action
Author(s) -
Lemoine Maud,
Thursz Mark,
Njie Ramou,
Dusheiko Geoffrey
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
liver international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.873
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1478-3231
pISSN - 1478-3223
DOI - 10.1111/liv.12283
Subject(s) - medicine , viral hepatitis , psychological intervention , global health , population , disease burden , environmental health , hepatitis c , disease , resource (disambiguation) , developing country , chronic hepatitis , economic growth , intensive care medicine , business , immunology , public health , computer science , economics , pathology , psychiatry , computer network , virus
In 2010, the World Health Assembly adopted a resolution calling for interventions for the prevention and control of chronic viral hepatitis. These infectious diseases mostly affect resource‐limited countries accounting for 80% of the world's population and facing numerous obstacles to contain the epidemic. At a time when morbidity and mortality of chronic liver disease have been considerably improved in wealthy countries by new innovative strategies and new potent antiviral drugs, it is now urgent to recall for concrete actions from stakeholders of global health policy to reduce the burden in resource‐limited countries.