Affiliation:
1. Center for Disease Analysis Foundation, Lafayette, CO, USA
Abstract
Background: Tools to eliminate Hepatitis B and C have been available and in 2016, the World Health Assembly endorsed the Global Health Sector Strategy for Viral Hepatitis. However, the adoption of hepatitis elimination programs has remained slow. Research design: The Center for Disease Analysis created a universal registry, the Polaris Observatory, to support informed decision-making at the national, regional, and global level for HCV and HBV elimination. The observatory covers 110 countries for HCV and 135 countries for HBV and provides decision analytics, disease burden modeling, economic impact assessments, and training to help countries with their national hepatitis elimination programs. Results: By providing reliable and up-to-date country specific data and analyses, demonstrating the impact of decisions, and providing costing estimates of national programs, our collaborating countries are making informed decisions. Our economic impact analyses also helped countries fund their elimination programs and negotiate prices. Polaris Observatory is an example of impactful private–public partnership where funding by the John C. Martin Foundation allowed support for informed decision-making by public agencies and national governments who would not/could not support such programs on their own. Conclusions: The catalytic funding allowed the Polaris Observatory to demonstrate the utility of such a program resulting in other donors to support this work. The Polaris Observatory is now supported through a portfolio of funders while our work and outputs remain independent to continue support for viral hepatitis elimination by year 2030.
Subject
Infectious Diseases,Pharmacology (medical),Pharmacology
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