{"id":198192,"date":"2026-07-28T12:18:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T17:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=198192"},"modified":"2026-07-28T12:18:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T17:48:48","slug":"europe-risks-missing-target-to-eliminate-viral-hepatitis-by-2030","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=198192","title":{"rendered":"Europe risks missing target to eliminate viral hepatitis by 2030"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"body-dcf1457b-a908-4481-a766-cab1a22ecea4\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n            <span itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"News Medical\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.news-medical.net\/\"\/><\/span><br \/>\nWhile Europe has made steady progress in preventing hepatitis B and C, with the prevalence of hepatitis B now at near-zero levels among children below five years old, an uneven implementation of key measures means that the region is set to miss the 2030 target to eliminate viral hepatitis as a public health threat, according to new data from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) on World Hepatitis Day.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8216;No one should die from a disease that is preventable, diagnosable and treatable,&#8217; says Bruno Ciancio of ECDC. &#8216;Yet millions of Europeans are living with chronic hepatitis B or C infections \u2013 often without knowing it \u2013 which can lead to severe long-term consequences\u00a0such as liver failure or liver cancer. World Hepatitis Day is a good opportunity to remember that effective solutions to control viral hepatitis already exist.\u00a0Our collective challenge is to ensure that these life-saving interventions are accessible to everyone who needs them.&#8217;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Existing measures to control viral hepatitis across Europe include vaccination to prevent hepatitis B, harm reduction and infection control measures to prevent transmission, testing to identify infections early, and treatments that can cure hepatitis C and control hepatitis B. Routine screening for hepatitis B in pregnancy is now well established across all 30 European Union and European Economic Area (EU\/EEA) countries, and has helped to bring down vertical transmission of hepatitis B from mother to child to below 2% across the EU\/EEA. New data published by ECDC show sustained declines in acute hepatitis B infections since 2006, demonstrating the effectiveness of long-standing prevention efforts across the region. Among people younger than 25 years, the proportion of acute hepatitis B cases fell from 11% in 2015 to 8% in 2024, reflecting the impact of childhood vaccination programmes and other prevention measures.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Across the region, comprehensive screening systems are also now in place to help prevent the transmission of hepatitis B or C through blood, tissues or cells. The results of a recent ECDC survey indicate that many countries have robust systems to meet the new standards for blood, tissue and cells safety laid out in the EU regulation on substances of human origin.<br \/>\n<!-- end mobile middle mrec --><\/p>\n<p>At the same time, viral hepatitis remains an enormous public health challenge across Europe. An estimated five million people in the EU\/EEA are living with chronic hepatitis B or C, and almost 60 000\u00a0people die each year from liver disease linked to these infections, showing the need for further action. One remaining challenge is that there are gaps in the prevention of viral hepatitis at community level. A minority of countries (nine out of 25) across the EU\/EEA have reached the WHO target of fully vaccinating 95% of children against hepatitis B. Some countries even reported a decline in coverage in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>Injecting drug use accounts for most cases of hepatitis C with a known transmission route. While harm reduction measures such as opioid agonist treatment and the provision of sterile needles and syringes are effective in minimising transmission, coverage across the EU\/EEA remains inadequate, with only seven countries meeting the WHO target for distribution of sterile injection equipment for people who inject drugs.<\/p>\n<p>ECDC and the European Union Drugs Agency (EUDA) have outlined key interventions to prevent and control infectious diseases for people who inject drugs and developed an online toolkit to support efforts to eliminate viral hepatitis in prisons. Improving healthcare in these settings would substantially reduce transmission and work towards ending hepatitis as a public health threat.<\/p>\n<div id=\"sources\" class=\"content-source below-content-common-a\">Source:<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-src-value\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecdc.europa.eu\/en\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news-medical.net\/news\/20260728\/Europe-risks-missing-target-to-eliminate-viral-hepatitis-by-2030.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While Europe has made steady progress in preventing hepatitis B and C, with the prevalence of hepatitis B now at near-zero levels among children below five years old, an uneven implementation of key measures means that the region is set to miss the 2030 target to eliminate viral hepatitis as a public health threat, according &#8230; <a title=\"Europe risks missing target to eliminate viral hepatitis by 2030\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=198192\" aria-label=\"Read more about Europe risks missing target to eliminate viral hepatitis by 2030\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":198193,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-198192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1785260933_TagImage-3347-458389964760995353448-620x480.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":198026,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=198026","url_meta":{"origin":198192,"position":0},"title":"World Hepatitis Day on July 28 | National Viral Hepatitis Control Programme","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"July 28, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"\u2022 World Hepatitis Day is observed on July 28. \u2022 It aims to raise awareness of viral hepatitis, an inflammation of the liver that causes severe liver disease and liver cancer. \u2022 The date of July 28 was chosen because it is the birthday of Nobel-prize winning scientist Baruch Blumberg,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;National News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"National News","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?cat=7"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/liver-hepatitis.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/liver-hepatitis.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/liver-hepatitis.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/liver-hepatitis.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":197514,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=197514","url_meta":{"origin":198192,"position":1},"title":"Breaking down barriers to hepatitis care","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"July 26, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"World Hepatitis Day\u00a0is observed on July 28 every year to raise awareness on viral hepatitis, an inflammation of the liver that causes severe liver disease and liver cancer. 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