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Hepatitis B Main Forums => Hepatitis B => Topic started by: Hep Editors on September 26, 2018, 10:46:24 am

Title: Upping Diagnosis & Treatment of Hep B Would Save Money, Lives, Improve Health
Post by: Hep Editors on September 26, 2018, 10:46:24 am
Reaching the World Health Organization (WHO) targets of diagnosing 90 percent and treating 80 percent of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) cases by 2030 would be highly cost-effectivein the United States. If such an effort were scaled up to reach the targets by 2025, this would actually save money.

Currently, approximately 35 percent of the U.S. HBV population is diagnosed.

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