Combating the Silent Epidemic of Viral Hepatitis
Overview
Goals
Through the action plan, the federal partners seek:- Increase in the proportion of persons who are aware of their hepatitis B virus infection, from 33% to 66%
- Increase in the proportion of persons who are aware of their hepatitis C virus infection, from 45% to 66%
- Reduce by 25% the number of new cases of HCV infection
- Eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HBV
Action Plan Priority Areas
- Educate health care providers and communities to reduce health disparities
- Improve testing, care, and treatment to prevent liver disease and cancer
- Strengthen surveillance to detect viral hepatitis transmission and disease
- Eliminate transmission of vaccine-preventable viral hepatitis
- Reduce viral hepatitis caused by drug-use behaviors
- Protect patients and workers from health-care associated viral hepatitis
Read the Latest Blog Posts About the Action Plan
Blog posts about the Action Plan are shared via the AIDS.gov blog. Read the latest posts:Latest Developments
- Read the Viral Hepatitis Action Plan Interagency Implementation Progress Report--Year 1 (PDF 787KB) (released October 2012).
- President Obama releases 2012 World Hepatitis Day proclamation.
- CDC releases Know More Hepatitis campaign materials.
- CDC recommends one-time Hepatitis C screening for Americans born between 1945 and 1965.
- Assistant Secretary for Health Dr. Howard Koh featured on new poster urging Asian Americans to discuss testing for hepatitis B with their doctors (PDF 1.54MB).
- Surgeon General Dr. Regina Benjamin promotes hepatitis awareness in new poster (PDF 999KB).
- New Fact Sheet on HIV & Viral Hepatitis (PDF 742KB) from CDC, download and share.
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