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NIAID & ICE-HBV discuss HBV research funding
POSTED ON: 10 May, 2017Following ICE-HBV’s request to Anthony Fauci to consider strengthening HBV research programmes and subsequent discussions, we received the following statement from John J. McGowan, Ph.D., Deputy Director for Science Management at NIAID:
We at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) agree that chronic hepatitis B infection remains a major problem globally. In the United States as well as in other developed and developing countries, too few are vaccinated. The result is that millions with chronic disease will require treatment to prevent end-stage liver disease, cancer and an early death. NIAID supports a broad hepatitis B research portfolio, including basic research supported through R01 and R21 grants, drug and animal model development through small business grants, and the availability of a comprehensive array of preclinical services. In addition, NIAID has a current initiative PAR-14-255 (Multidisciplinary Studies of HIV and Viral Hepatitis Co-infection) with a final receipt date in May of 2017. NIAID also has two new concepts that were approved by the NIAID Advisory Council in January 2017:
- HIV and Hepatitis B Co-Infection: Advancing HBV Functional Cure through Clinical Research – R01 and R21
- In Vitro and Animal Model Studies on HBV/HIV Co-Infection – R01 and R21
You also should be aware of the SBIR initiative launched by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) entitled “New Technologies for Viral Hepatitis SBIR (R43/R44)”.
(NIAID staff) will continue to work with you to address the challenges we face as a community.
ICE-HBV Governing Board will keep approaching research institutes and foundations to request a scaling-up of HBV research programmes worldwide.
Global hepatitis report published by WHO
POSTED ON: 10 May, 2017Overview
In May 2016, the World Health Assembly endorsed the Global Health Sector Strategy (GHSS) on viral hepatitis 2016–2021. The GHSS calls for the elimination of viral hepatitis as a public health threat by 2030 (reducing new infections by 90% and mortality by 65%).
This WHO Global hepatitis report describes, for the first time, the global and regional estimates on viral hepatitis in 2015, setting the baseline for tracking progress in implementing the new global strategy.
The report focuses on hepatitis B and C, which are responsible for 96% of all hepatitis mortality. It presents data along the five strategic directions (strategic information, interventions, equity, financing and innovation) – key pillars of the GHSS to facilitate monitoring of progress in countries, regions and globally, and to measure the impact of interventions on reducing new infections and saving lives between 2015 and 2030.
http://www.who.int/hepatitis/publications/global-hepatitis-report2017/en/