Report of the WHO global partners' meeting on hepatitis elimination

Overview

The Global Hepatitis Programme convened a partners’ meeting to take stock of the progress towards elimination of hepatitis and to identify new opportunities for collaboration. While global goods such as guidelines have been made available to facilitate implementation, testing and treatment have not reached a high level of coverage at country level.

On the first day, partners reviewed the opportunity that universal health coverage (UHC) provides for elimination, explored options for procurement of treatment and diagnostic commodities at better prices, examined the implications of using domestic funding for elimination and outlined the concept of a global collaborative for strategic information.

On the second day, countries expressed their needs, while partners presented what they can offer. Group discussions identified enablers for elimination. The meeting closed with pledges of closer collaboration in order to accelerate country, regional and global responses towards elimination.