Policy Statements
The section includes partners’ policy and advocacy statements that can aid activists in their messaging and calls to action.
Materials in this section
EndHep2030: A Call to Action
EndHep2030 released a call to action video towards achieving the goal of eliminating VH by 2030. CSOs are invited to join a Community Call to Action to eliminate VH as a public health threat. More
Political Will Needed to End the Unnecessary Suffering of Hepatitis C Patients
Drugs with a near-100 per cent cure rate have been available for years. To ensure that these are widely available, political leadership and funding are needed. More
Viral Hepatitis Elimination: a Challenge, but Within Reach
The 2030 elimination targets are a challenge, but they are within reach. Now is the time to seize the moment, expand efforts, formalize funding, and raise national and international attention. More
The Opportunity to Eliminate Hepatitis C through Alternative Financing Mechanisms
DNDi released a discussion paper summarizing the unique opportunity that international and national actors have to come together and commit to eliminate HCV. More
Fully Fund the Global Fund: Harm Reduction Brief
Joint briefing on harm reduction and the Global Fund replenishment by Harm Reduction International, EHRA, INPUD and the Global Fund Advocates Network. More
EASL Policy Statement: Drug Use and the Global Hepatitis C Elimination Goal
EASL made a bold policy statement, based on a science-based policy brief, to lift treatment barriers and decriminalize drug use as part of elimination strategies. More
African Declaration to Eliminate Hepatitis C and Improve the Health of People Who Use Drugs
Cape Town, South Africa, 20 February 2020
People working to eliminate hepatitis C in the African region express alarm regarding the increasing impact of drug use, hepatitis C, and other viral co-infections on the well-being of PWUD. More
Global Declaration to Eliminate Hepatitis C in People Who Use Drugs: A Call for Political Leaders to Take Action
Sign the pledge! If elimination by 2030 is to be achieved, the global community needs to act immediately. More
World Hepatitis Summit: No Elimination Without Decriminalization!
18 civil society organisations call world leaders to promote harm reduction and decriminalise drug use
Patients, clinicians, social workers, drug using community, researchers, and public health experts express their support to the WHO’s goal to eliminate viral hepatitis by 2030. More
Call to Action to Scale Up Global Hepatitis Response
Global Partners’ Meeting on Hepatitis (convened by WHO in March 2014 in Geneva)
Participants of the first Global Partners’ Meeting on Hepatitis agreed on a historic "call to action" pressing the global community for immediate action to scale up global hepatitis response. More