1. Establish high quality hepatitis services

Ensuring everyone has access to hepatitis services that responds to their needs and that are equitable, effective, efficient, timely and of an acceptable quality.

2. Locate hepatitis care close to home

Decentralizing hepatitis care to peripheral health facilities, community-based venues and locations beyond hospital sites, brings care nearer to patients’ homes.

3. Promote task-sharing

Using non-specialist health workers who are trained in these areas

4. Integrate and link hepatitis care with existing public health services

Hepatitis treatment and care can be expanded using primary care as well as HIV, harm reduction services (OSTs and needle exchange programs), as well as prison health services.

5. Ensure resilient and equitable health systems

Strong health systems that are adequately funded and equipped can deliver quality hepatitis care to all.

Calls to action

Public

Educate yourself and play a part to stop transmission of hepatitis in the community.
Speak to your health care worker and ensure timely testing and treatment to prevent cirrhosis and liver disease.
Make sure you get tested for hepatitis B if pregnant. This can prevent transmission to babies.
Ensure your baby is vaccinated against hepatitis B within 24 hours of birth.

Global leaders

Focus on decentralizing care to lower-level facilities, primary health and other relevant services including HIV, harm reduction and prison services
Prioritize embedding hepatitis care with primary health care to promote person-centred care
Ensure adequate funding for hepatitis care and mobilization of domestic funds
Universal health coverage for all people living with chronic hepatitis B and C

National leaders, and especially those in highly affected countries

A world without viral hepatitis by 2030 starts with your country. Scale up and decentralize testing and treatment services to primary health care
Honour commitments already made and further commit to prioritise and fund comprehensive hepatitis programmes so that everyone, everywhere, has access to affordable prevention, testing, treatment and care
Enhance integrated service delivery and task sharing delivered by trained non-specialist clinicians
Integrate hepatitis reporting and monitoring into existing surveillance and health information systems
Sustain hepatitis services as part of universal health coverage
Engaging communities in hepatitis services, leverage private sector and beyond health sector