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Video: The ABC of hepatitis
This video explains the different types of hepatitis.
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Hepatitis B - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2020
For 2020, 29 EU/EEA Member States reported 14 428 cases of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. Excluding the five countries that only reported acute cases, the number of cases (14 137) corresponds to a crude rate of 4.2 cases per 100 000 population.
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World Hepatitis Day 2022
World Hepatitis Day is marked on 28 July each year to increase the awareness and understanding of viral hepatitis.
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Monitoring of responses to the hepatitis B and C epidemics in EU/EEA countries – 2020 data
ECDC provides support to EU/EEA countries in monitoring their progress towards the hepatitis elimination targets and has just published a report based on the second data collection.
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Monitoring of responses to the hepatitis B and C epidemics in EU/EEA countries – 2020 data
This report presents findings related to the hepatitis B and C continuum of care, policy on testing and treatment, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on hepatitis services in the EU/EEA from the second data collection conducted in 2021.
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Surveillance systems overview for 2020
This spreadsheet contains all surveillance system overview tables from ECDC's annual epidemiological report for 2020.
- Anthrax
- Botulism
- Campylobacteriosis
- Chikungunya virus disease
- Chlamydia infection
- Cholera
- Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever
- Cryptosporidiosis
- Dengue
- Diphtheria
- Ebola haemorrhagic fever
- Echinococcosis
- EU/EEA
- Giardiasis
- Hantavirus infection
- Healthcare-associated infections
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- HIV infection
- Influenza
- Invasive Haemophilus influenzae disease
- Lassa fever
- Leptospirosis
- Listeriosis
- Malaria
- Marburg haemorrhagic fever
- Meningococcal disease
- Mumps
- Pertussis
- Plague
- Pneumococcal disease
- Poliomyelitis
- Q fever
- Rabies
- Rift Valley fever
- Salmonellosis
- Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
- Shigellosis
- Smallpox
- Surveillance
- Verotoxigenic Escherichia coli infection
- West Nile virus infection
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World Hepatitis Day 2021
World Hepatitis Day is commemorated yearly on 28 July to increase awareness and understanding of viral hepatitis as a global priority.
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Hepatitis B - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2019
For 2019, 30 EU/EEA Member States reported 29 996 cases of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. Excluding the five countries that only reported acute cases, the number of cases, 29 518, corresponds to a crude rate of 7.4 cases per 100 000 population.
Estimating the attributable fraction of cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma due to hepatitis B and C
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Duffell, E., Cortez-Pinto, H., Simonova, M., Dalgard, O., Dahl, E.H., de Martel, C., Mozalevskis, A., Buti, M., Pavlova, S., Hadzhilova, T., Simões, C., Katzarov, K., Mardh, O.
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The sustainable development goals and hepatitis B and C in the EU/EEA
In order to monitor progress towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 2030 target to combat viral hepatitis, this report provides data on hepatitis B and C prevention, incidence, diagnosis, treatment, cure/viral suppression, and mortality in European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) countries with data collected in 2019.