Fifth Hepatitis B Expert Resource Panel Consultation, Manila, Philippines, 15-17 February 2017

Overview

The Hepatitis B  Immunization  Expert Resource  Panel (ERP)  was  created  in 2007 to  support  efforts  to reach  the  hepatitis  B control  goal in  the  Western  Pacific Region. The  panel advises  on  the status and strategies for  achieving the regional hepatitis B  control goal, supports  the  verification process  and serves on  Member  State verification  panels.  Significant  progress has been  made  in  hepatitis B  control in the  Region,  having achieving the 2012  and 2017  goals of  reducing  the regional  prevalence  of chronic  infection  among  5-year  old children to  less than  2% and  1%, respectively.