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Presentation: Surveillance of hepatitis B and C in the EU/EEA – 2021 data
Providing an overview on data, trends and summary of findings on the hepatitis B and C surveillance data from EU/EEA countries for the year 2021.
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Hepatitis B - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2021
For 2021, 30 EU/EEA Member States reported 16 187 cases of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection.
Scientific and technical publications
Prevention of hepatitis B and C in the EU/EEA
Viral hepatitis is an infection that causes inflammation of the liver. It can be caused by different viruses, including hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV). Both HBV and HCV can cause acute and chronic infections and are leading causes of liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma.
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Models of good practice for community-based testing, linkage to care and adherence to treatment for hepatitis B and C, HIV, and tuberculosis and for health promotion interventions to prevent infections among people who inject drugs
The purpose of this collection is to identify practice-based evidence for interventions with a documented impact implemented in real-life settings.
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Healthcare-associated hepatitis B and C transmission to patients in the EU/EEA and UK: a systematic review of reported outbreaks between 2006 and 2021
Singh J., Stoitsova S., Zakrzewska K., Henszel L., Rosińska M., Duffell E.
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A systematic literature review of interventions to increase linkage to care and adherence to treatment for hepatitis B and C, HIV and tuberculosis among people who inject drugs
The purpose of this review was to identify and synthesise the existing evidence on effectiveness of interventions targeting people who inject drugs at two stages of the care cascade: linkage to care and adherence to treatment of HIV, hepatitis B/C and TB.
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Summary of Expert Panel meeting discussions on interventions to increase linkage to care and adherence to treatment for hepatitis B and C, HIV and tuberculosis among people who inject drugs
This report documents the process and outcome of the assessment and translation of the evidence into guidance recommendations on linkage to care and/or adherence to treatment for HCV, HIV and TB for the ECDC technical report, ‘A systematic literature review of interventions to increase linkage to care and adherence to treatment for hepatitis B and C, HIV and tuberculosis among people who inject drugs’.
Multimedia
Video: The ABC of hepatitis
This video explains the different types of hepatitis.
News
World Hepatitis Day 2022
World Hepatitis Day is marked on 28 July each year to increase the awareness and understanding of viral hepatitis.
Scientific and technical publications
Hepatitis B - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2020
For 2020, 29 EU/EEA Member States reported 14 428 cases of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. Excluding the five countries that only reported acute cases, the number of cases (14 137) corresponds to a crude rate of 4.2 cases per 100 000 population.