A National Steering committee was formed for development of National Action Plan for viral hepatitis in January 2017. The committee recommended to constitute working groups under various thematic areas related to viral hepatitis including surveillance of viral hepatitis, laboratory diagnosis, treatment, immunization, blood safety, injection safety and infection control,
Read More..‘National Viral Hepatitis Control Program’ was launched on 28th July, 2018 on the occasion of World Hepatitis Day by the hon’ble HFM with the aim to to combat hepatitis and achieve countrywide elimination of Hepatitis C by 2030, achieve significant reduction in the infected population, morbidity and mortality associated with Hepatitis A,B, C and E.
Read More..Two rounds of national training of trainers were held to train the experts from across the country in diagnosis and management of viral hepatitis according to the standardized protocols and testing algorithms prepared by the technical resource group on laboratory and care support and treatment...
Read More..A meeting of the state nodal officers of NVHCP of all the states was held on 6th-7th Sept., 2018 and 29-30th Jan., 2019 to sensitise them regarding the operational components of the for successful roll out of the program...
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