Promoting hepatitis B elimination and laying emphasis on its economics evaluation / 中华流行病学杂志

ABSTRACT

WHO has developed and issued global hepatitis B elimination program.Continuing hepatitis B immunization and conducting community based antiviral treatment for chronic hepatitis B are the most important strategies for hepatitis B elimination.According to the estimation of related cost by WHO,the cost of antiviral therapy would be very high.Great achievement has been made in hepatitis B immunization in China,but the prevalence of chronic hepatitis B is high.Elimination of hepatitis B needs a large amount of public resource,posing serious challenge to public health policy making.Economics research on hepatitis B prevention and treatment can provide evidence and technical support for hepatitis B elimination.In this column “Economic evaluations of hepatitis B”,the related articles in this issue summarize the progress in this research field,which is inspiring and encouraging.