On the occasion of World Hepatitis Day, ECDC launched online prevalence database for hepatitis B and C which included data mainly based on peer-reviewed cross sectional studies from 2006 onwards.

​World Hepatitis Day is marked on 28 July each year to increase the awareness and understanding of viral hepatitis.

The goal: eliminating viral hepatitis as a public health threat by 2030

The theme of World Hepatitis Day 2017 was the elimination of viral hepatitis