Towards ending viral hepatitis as a public health threat: Translating new momentum into concrete results in South-East Asia

Gut Pathogens

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Singh, Poonam Khetrapal ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 85042774131     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17574749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13099-018-0237-x     Document Type: Letter

References (9)

1. WHO. Global hepatitis report 2017. Geneva: Global Hepatitis Programme, Department of HIV/AIDS, World Health Organization; 2017.
2. UNAIDS. Fact sheet - latest statistics on the status of the AIDS epidemic. World AIDS day. Geneva: UNAIDS; 2017.
3. WHO. Global tuberculosis report 2017. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2017.
4. WHO. Global health sector strategy on viral hepatitis 2016-2021: towards ending viral hepatitis. Geneva: Global Hepatitis Programme, Department of HIV/AIDS, World Health Organization; 2016.
5. IHME. The global burden of disease: generating evidence, guiding policy. Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. Seattle, WA. 2013. http://ghdx.healthdata.org/ihme-data. Accessed 7 Aug 2017.
6. Gupta V, Kumar A, Sharma P, Arora A. Newer direct-acting antivirals for hepatitis C virus infection: perspectives for India. Indian J Med Res. 2017;146(1):23-33.
7. Khwairakpam G. TREAT Asia/amfAR, Bangkok. In: Presented at 20th Bangkok international symposium on HIV medicine. 2018.
8. Childs L, Roesel S, Tohme RA. Status and progress of hepatitis B control through vaccination in the South-East Asia Region, 1992-2015. Vaccine. 2018;36(1):6-14.
9. Data collected by WHO SEARO from Member countries in the region in preparation for the Regional Action Plan for Hepatitis 2016-2021.