About the Coalition
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About the Coalition

The Coalition for Global Hepatitis Elimination is a nonprofit founded in 2019 as a program of The Task Force for Global Health. The Coalition pursues worldwide elimination of viral hepatitis by strengthening capacity at the local level, bringing together global partners to share knowledge, data, and experiences related to hepatitis prevention, testing, and care and treatment. The Coalition also strengthens the evidence base to support countries with the greatest hepatitis burden by spearheading new research and developing novel technical assistance resources. Finally, the Coalition mobilizes commitment to build awareness and urgency around the importance of hepatitis elimination from public and policy stakeholders.

The Task Force for Global Health, founded nearly 40 years ago to advance health equity, works with partners in more than 150 countries to eliminate diseases, ensure access to vaccines and essential medicines, and strengthen health systems to protect populations. Expertise includes neglected tropical diseases and other infectious diseases; vaccine safety, distribution and access; and health systems strengthening. For more information, visit www.taskforce.org.

 

WHY ELIMINATE VIRAL HEPATITIS

While significant progress has been made in reducing mortality from many communicable diseases, deaths due to viral hepatitis continue to increase, ranking now as the sixth leading cause of mortality and overtaking deaths due to HIV, malaria, and tuberculosis.(1)  Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection caused an estimated 1.1 million deaths in 2019 from cirrhosis and liver cancer. Approximately 354 million persons are living with HBV or HCV infection and an estimated 3 million new chronic infections occur annually (2). 

WHAT WE DO

The Coalition is working towards the acceleration of hepatitis B and C elimination by strengthening the capacity of national and sub-national elimination programs through advocacy, technical assistance, research, knowledge generation and dissemination among partners united in a community of practice. 

 

The three strategic areas of CGHE are:

  • Connecting and supporting programs: Connect programs in a Community of Practice to facilitate peer learning and support programs with evidence-based tools, technical assistance, and strategies that build local capacity to prevent, diagnose, and treat hepatitis.
  • Building the evidence base: Build the evidence base by updating existing hepatitis elimination data and tools, spearheading data analyses and new research, and developing new technical assistance tools.
  • Mobilizing commitment: Mobilize commitment for global hepatitis elimination among public and policy stakeholders in partnership with civil society, advocacy organizations, and other critical partners around the world to build awareness, instill urgency, and secure funding for elimination

To learn more about the need and goals for global hepatitis elimination, see About Hepatitis Elimination.

 

Page last updated: 27 February 2024