Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, shared a post on Facebook:
“To accelerate progress towards elimination of hepatitis B and C infection by 2030, World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a practical guide to support countries turn evidence-based recommendations into concrete action.
These measures are based on priority actions that have already been shown to work in 2025, the Maldives achieved triple elimination of mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B as well as HIV and syphilis.
In 2024, Namibia became the first country in Africa – and the first high-burden country in the world – to achieve WHO validation on the path towards eliminating vertical mother-to-child transmission of both hepatitis B and HIV.
In 2023, Egypt became the first country to achieve WHO validation on the path to elimination of hepatitis C.
WHO’s Global Health Sector Strategy aims for a 90% reduction in new infections and a 65% reduction in deaths from hepatitis B and C by 2030.
I call on countries and partners to scale uptake of this implementation handbook to accelerate country action on hepatitis elimination.”
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