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The EASL–Lancet Liver Commission: protecting the next generation of Europeans a...
Karlsen, Tom H.; Sheron, Nick; Zelber-Sagi, Shira; Carrieri, Patrizia; Dusheiko, Geoffrey; Bugianesi, Elisabetta; Pryke, Rachel; Hutchinson, Sharon J.Liver diseases have become a major health threat across Europe, and the face of European hepatology is changing due to the cure of viral hepatitis C and the control of chronic viral hepatitis B, the increasingly widespread unhealthy use of alcohol, the epidemic of obesity, and undiagnosed or untreated liver disease in migrant populations. Consequently, Europe is facing a looming syndemic, in which socioeconomic...
Innovative strategies for the elimination of viral hepatitis at a national leve...
Schröeder, Sophia E.; Pedrana, Alisa; Scott, Nick; Wilson, David; Kuschel, Christian; Aufegger, Lisa; Atun, Rifat; Baptista-Leite, RicardoViral hepatitis is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, but has long been neglected by national and international policymakers. Recent modelling studies suggest that investing in the global elimination of viral hepatitis is feasible and cost-effective. In 2016, all 194 member states of the World Health Organization endorsed the goal to eliminate viral hepatitis as a public health threat by 2030...