Hepatitis C elimination and advocacy groups

Abstract

Advocacy for the elimination of hepatitis C needs to be seen within the context of advocacy for viral hepatitis as whole. That is what put elimination of hepatitis C on the global public health agenda and resulted in the commitment by 193 countries to eliminate hepatitis C by 2030; and advocacy for viral hepatitis at a global level really began at a meeting of patient representatives from around the world in Barcelona in 2007.