[How to assess the elimination of viral hepatitis B, C, and D in Germany? Outcomes of an interdisciplinary workshop].

ABSTRACT:

Background

In 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) released a strategy to eliminate hepatitis B, C, and D and defined indicators to monitor the progress. The Robert Koch Institute organized an interdisciplinary working meeting in 2019 to identify data sources and gaps.

Objectives

The objectives were to network, to create an overview of the data sources available in Germany on hepatitis B and C, and to discuss how to construct indicators.

Materials and methods

We extracted the WHO indicators relevant for Germany and determined how they can be constructed on the basis of available data. Stakeholders from public health services, clinics, laboratories, health insurance companies, research institutes, data holders, and registries attended a workshop and discussed meth

SUBMITTER: Zimmermann R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7772161 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature