The event report and the Call to Action for the EU to lead on viral hepatitis elimination by 2030, are now available.

On 25 October 2022, the MEP Friends of the Liver Group hosted the event “The final push to eliminate viral hepatitis – how can the EU lead the successful achievement of this global public health priority?”, with support from the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) as Secretariat of the Group, and the ACHIEVE Coalition.

The key takeaway from this panel discussion was the importance of different stakeholders speaking with one voice while working towards elimination. In keeping with the WHO 2030 Goal of Viral Hepatitis Elimination, panellists and audience members alike called for the explicit inclusion of this goal in the New EU Global Health Strategy.

Now, the event report has been published alongside the call to action. The Call was endorsed by the two Co-Chairs of the MEP Friends of the Liver Group, Cyrus Engerer MEP and Pietro Fiocchi MEP, as well as by the Group Members Dr. Cristian-Silviu Busoi MEP, Dr. Andrey Kovatchev, and Frances Fitzgerald MEP.