Overview

• Mexico’s health secretary unveiled a universal, free diagnosis and treatment model backed by OPS/OMS to eradicate hepatitis C as a public health problem by 2030
• The IMSS conducted over 350,000 rapid hepatitis C tests in 2024, with direct-acting antivirals delivering cure rates above 95% in eight to twelve weeks
• On World Hepatitis Day hospitals and health centers in Argentina and Mexico held large-scale events offering free hepatitis B vaccinations and rapid viral screening
• Only one in ten of the estimated 304 million people with chronic hepatitis B or C are aware of their infection, contributing to over 1.3 million deaths per year
• National programs emphasize vaccination against hepatitis A and B, hygiene in food preparation and safe condom and syringe use to prevent all five types of viral hepatitis