Should Alcoholic Beverages Have Cancer Warning Labels?
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No-Drain Policy Noninferior for Major Morbidity in Distal Pancreatectomy

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The future of gut microbiome manipulation in medicine laid out here is remarkable
sciencedirect.com/science/articl… William Fusco ElinavLab Gianluca Ianiro Giovanni Cammarota Hugh Thomas The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Instead of asking questions on whether we can reach our targets by 2030, we should ask ourselves how we can reach our targets by 2030. The same goes for financing. We should focus on how we can finance viral #hepatitis instead of asking if we can finance it.

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New Comment - Easterbrook et al - WHO 2024 hepatitis B guidelines: an opportunity to transform care

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How are efforts progressing towards elimination of viral hepatitis and what needs to be done to meet 2030 targets?

Read our recent Commission update and related content ➡️ thelancet.com/commissions/vi…

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Day 2 of the #WorldHepatitisSummit kicks off with a session on making the triple elimination of HBV, HIV, and syphilis a reality, chaired by Funmi Lesi and Lien Tran

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The May issue of The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology is out now at thelancet.com/gastrohep!

A summary of this month's content👉linkedin.com/posts/rob-brie…

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Jessica Hicks World Hepatitis Alliance opens a session what still needs to be done to make elimination of viral hepatitis a reality

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63% of new #HBV infections are in #Africa , where the lowest resources are invested in testing, treatment and research, as we have shown in our The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology paper thelancet.com/journals/langa…

3500 people dying globally due to hepatitis B and C infections every day: 2024 Global Hepatitis Report

#Hepatitis is the second leading infectious cause of death globally -- with 1.3 million deaths per year

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More than 6000 people are getting newly infected with viral #hepatitis each day.

Updated WHO estimates indicate, in 2022:
🅱️ 254 million people were living with hepatitis B
©️ 50 million with hepatitis C

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🅱️ #Hepatitis B:
🧪 Only 13% of people living with chronic infection had been diagnosed
💊 Approx. 3% had received antiviral therapy at the end of 2022

©️ Hepatitis C:
🧪 Only 36% had been diagnosed
💊 20% had received curative treatment

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The global response is off-track towards 2030 goals to eliminate hepatitis.

Only 60% countries provide hepatitis B or C testing free of charge in the public sector fully or partially (for specific subpopulations, geographical areas, or with co-payment).

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Francois Renaud (World Health Organization (WHO)): Access to hepatitis medicines has yet to transition to a public health approach

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🆕Our May issue is now live at thelancet.com/journals/langa…!

With RCTs in #Crohns , pancreatic surgery, and pancreatic cancer, a new two-part Series on #microbiome -based therapeutics, research priorities in alcohol-related liver disease, and much more! #LiverTwitter #GITwitter

.Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus joins via video; highlights the importance of integrating viral hepatitis into primary care to be able to achieve elimination

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