How Rwanda Is Beating Back Hepatitis B
Making sure all at-risk children can access the vaccine is proving to be the key to a steeply falling prevalence of the chronic infection. From Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.
Making sure all at-risk children can access the vaccine is proving to be the key to a steeply falling prevalence of the chronic infection. From Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.
Pioneering surgeon Dr. Samuel So founded Stanford’s Asian Liver Center to address high hepatitis B rates in Asian American communities. Through innovative outreach, advocacy, and policy reform, his work is transforming how America addresses this often-overlooked but deadly disease.
Making a health care island of HIV control has held back efforts to catch and treat related illnesses, advocates say. That’s about to change.
Rwanda is on track to reach its own target of achieving elimination of hepatitis C by 2024, surpassing the WHO’s 2030 target deadline.
“We should take patients as they are, without the stigma of prison.”