Meg Doherty
@mdoherty_hiv
Director, Global HIV, Hepatitis, STI Programmes at WHO. Infectious Disease Specialist and Epidemiologist. Mother & humanitarian. Opinions/tweets are my own
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http://who.int/hiv 29-09-2015 16:35:44
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At the Gap-f side meeting - “all children should have equitable access to the medicines they need.”
#WorldHepatitisSummit #IntegrateAccelerateEliminate
Viral #hepatitis claims 3,500 lives every day — the new World Health Organization (WHO) report paints a troubling picture: bit.ly/43Pzpeq
We are committed to supporting countries to use all the tools at their disposal - at access prices - to save lives and turn this trend around.
🅱️ #Hepatitis B:
🧪 Only 13% of people living with chronic infection had been diagnosed
💊 Approx. 3% had received antiviral therapy at the end of 2022
©️ Hepatitis C:
🧪 Only 36% had been diagnosed
💊 20% had received curative treatment
🔗 bit.ly/43Pzpeq
Happening now - #WorldHepatitisSummit Day 1!
Opening remarks from our Past-President, Danjuma Adda and Meg Doherty of World Health Organization (WHO)
#HepCantWait
#IntegrateAccelerateEliminate
The number of deaths caused by hepatitis is increasing, from 1.1 to 1.3 million per year. We only have a few years to change this trend by 2030. What are we waiting for?
World Health Organization (WHO) World Hepatitis Alliance #WorldHepatitisSummit 2024
#HepCantWait
#Hepatitis B can be prevented with a safe and effective vaccine. The vaccine is usually given soon after birth with boosters a few weeks later.
It offers nearly 100% protection against the virus.
bit.ly/3b8J3Cc
More than 6000 people are getting newly infected with viral #hepatitis each day.
Updated WHO estimates indicate, in 2022:
🅱️ 254 million people were living with hepatitis B
©️ 50 million with hepatitis C
🔗 bit.ly/43Pzpeq
'When The Hepatitis C Trust started in 2001, we could not have imagined we would be close to eliminating Hepatits C'
- Rachel Halford in Accelerating progress towards elimination through multi - sector partnerships: the England experience.
#WorldHepatitisSummit …
At the #WorldHepatitisSummit today, World Health Organization (WHO) released the 2024 Global Hepatitis Report, which shows MOST people living w/ #hepatitis go UNDIAGNOSED⚠️
Sign our petition to make hepatitis tests more affordable, so more people can get diagnosed & treated.
✍️ timefor5.msfaccess.org
Self-testing is the way forward.
Self-testing is the new norm.
Self-testing is integral to the #Hepatitis response. Here's why: bit.ly/3U6bOTJ
We're bringing the insights to the World Hepatitis Alliance #WorldHepatitisSummit : bit.ly/446Z9lk
#SelfTesting #HepAlliance
Meg Doherty Charles Gore MedicinesPatentPool World Hepatitis Alliance Mila Maistat Tenu Avafia Unitaid He adds: If we do not use low prices they will be gone, as shown by the 3.5 time increase of the @HBV birth dose vaccine during Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance programme suspension. #WorldHepatitisSummit NOhep
Meg Doherty Charles Gore MedicinesPatentPool World Hepatitis Alliance Mila Maistat Tenu Avafia Unitaid For Meg Doherty if countries do not procure medicines at the current USD 60 access price, that some worked so hard to get, the price may unfortunately not be guaranteed anymore. We urgently need investment cases.
Happening now! Excited to be in Lisbon for the #WorldHepatitisSummit 2024, stellar lineup for the opening session #WHS2024 World Hepatitis Alliance #HepCantWait
Viral #hepatitis is ‘so widespread that it affects us all….We have the tools…We must not be left behind’ Danjuma Adda at the opening of the #WorldHepatitisSummit World Hepatitis Alliance Coalition for Global Hepatitis Elimination NOhep SDG2030 World Health Organization (WHO) #HBV
Meg Doherty Charles Gore MedicinesPatentPool World Hepatitis Alliance Mila Maistat Tenu Avafia Unitaid Charles Gore confirms: Some countries today pay 1000 USD for a cure that costs 60. Which means that my team MedicinesPatentPool is work hard to put lots of money in middle man pocket. This is not acceptable.