World Hepatitis Day Calls For Increased Investments In Efforts To Eliminate Disease

CDC’s “Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report”: World Hepatitis Day — July 28, 2019
This entry in the CDC’s MMWR discusses World Hepatitis Day, recognized annually on July 28. “The theme of this year’s World Hepatitis Day is ‘Invest in Eliminating Hepatitis,’ underscoring the need to increase commitment for hepatitis response. In 2015, an estimated 257 million persons were living with hepatitis B and 71 million with hepatitis C worldwide,” the article states (7/26).

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