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Hepatitis B in England

Latest UKHSA hepatitis B virus report and supporting document for England.

From:
UK Health Security Agency
Published
2 February 2023
Last updated
12 September 2024 — See all updates

Applies to England

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Hepatitis B in England 2024

Ref: GOV-17042

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Hepatitis B in England 2023

Ref: UKHSA publication gateway number GOV-14029

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This report summarises hepatitis B nfection in England up to 2022 and progress towards World Health Organization (WHO) elimination targets. It sets out available surveillance and programme data currently held along with providing recommendations of further work to be undertaken by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and stakeholders to achieve and sustain elimination by 2030.

This certificate from the European Technical Advisory Group of Experts congratulates the UK on reaching regional targets for control of hepatitis B through immunisation.

Updates to this page

Published 2 February 2023
Last updated 12 September 2024 + show all updates

  1. Revised Table 2 data for England 2021 to 2022 on ‘Coverage of maternal antenatal HBsAg testing’ and ‘All eligible pregnant women to receive appropriate antivirals to treat hepatitis B’ in the 2024 report.

  2. Corrected laboratory-confirmed diagnoses of hepatitis B in England data and updated the acknowledgement section in the 2024 report.

  3. Updated with hepatitis B in England 2024 report.

  4. Added survey link.

  5. First published.

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