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On 19 – 20 January , WHA presented at the first African Viral Hepatitis Summit in Dakar , Senegal . Spearheaded by Danjuma Adda , WHA Executive Board Member for the African Region , the Summit gathered leading African and diagnostics and treatment international public health experts , • Stronger healthcare systems and patient representatives , policymakers accurate data on the huge disease and physicians to discuss and better burden understand the burden of hepatitis B • Adequate surveillance of the and C in Africa . diseases ’ patterns
• Reduction in the cost of
The outcomes called for : diagnostics and increased access
• Comprehensive national plans to testing which have robust prevention • Increased awareness of hepatitis measures and access to affordable and transmission routes
Delegates gather at the African Viral Hepatitis Summit
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