EUDA updates tool for tracking progress in eliminating viral hepatitis in people who inject drugs

Eliminating viral hepatitis as a public health threat by 2030 is a target set under the UN Sustainable Development Goal on Health (1). To mark World Hepatitis Day, we have released today an update of our interactive elimination barometer, a tool designed to help countries monitor their progress towards eliminating viral hepatitis among people who inject drugs.  Chronic viral hepatitis can result in serious liver diseases, such as liver cirrhosis and cancer. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is associated with a high burden of disease among people who inject drugs (PWID), the virus being…