Ten years to eliminate Hepatitis B: Can it be done?

Speaker
Dr Philippa Matthews - Director of Graduate Studies, Nuffield Department of Medicine
Event date
Event time
18:00 - 18:45
Venue
Lecture Theatre 1
Academic Centre
John Radcliffe Hospital
Oxford
OX3 9DU
Event type
Lectures and seminars
Event cost
Free
Disabled access?
Yes
Booking required
Not required

Hepatitis B is estimated to infect close to 300 million people globally, and a third of the world's population has been exposed to the virus. International sustainable development goals have set ambitious targets for the elimination of viral hepatitis as a public health threat by the year 2030. With a safe, effective vaccine and widely available antiviral drugs that can suppress the infection, is this within reach? Using data from Africa, Dr Philippa Matthews will explore the impact of HBV infection and its current treatments, and suggest the next steps to help us move towards its elimination.