We need to design better systems to target hepatitis

We blazed the path and viral hepatitis followed. But it’s not too late to change course.

Health Minister Marjorie Michel. If we want better outcomes, we need to design better systems that make prevention, testing, treatment, and care truly accessible for everyone, writes Jennifer van Gennip.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY JENNIFER VAN GENNIP

July 28, 2025

To paraphrase author John Green, “It is a disease. It doesn’t have a moral compass. It doesn’t strike certain kinds of people because of certain kinds of reasons. [It] follows the paths of injustice that we blazed for it.”

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