Hepatitis can’t wait: a plea to Canadian policymakers

While COVID-19 has understandably taken centre stage over the last 16 months, the pandemic has shown us what is possible when all levels of government, industry, and community work together, centring science, human rights, and lived experience.

Health Minister Patty Hajdu pictured speaking with reporters on Nov. 20, 2020. On World Hepatitis Day, on July 28, Ms. Hajdu says that 'people in Canada and across the globe are raising awareness about viral hepatitis and embracing this year’s theme, Hepatitis Can’t Wait.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY JENNIFER VAN GENNIP AND JANET BUTLER-MCPHEE

July 28, 2021

During these uncertain times, 2030 can seem a long way away. But our federal government has made a promise to the world, via a signed and dated World Health Organization declaration, that Canada will eliminate viral hepatitis as a public health threat by the end of this decade. With a vaccine for h...

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