Strategic healthcare interventions bring Japan close to eliminating hepatitis

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20260625/Strategic-healthcare-interventions-bring-Japan-close-to-eliminating-hepatitis.aspx Hepatitis B (HBV) and hepatitis C (HCV) are viral infections that can lead to health conditions such as cirrhosis, cancer, and potentially death if unmanaged. HBV can be transmitted through sexual contact, blood exposure, and mother-to-child transmission, while HCV is primarily transmitted through blood-to-blood contact. Researchers at Hiroshima University aimed to quantify their current burden of HBV and HCV in Japan and project future trends through 2050 to determine the difference sustained efforts across the country, over the course of decades, can make in the prominence of these two viruses.