By Ethan Covey
Despite efforts to eliminate hepatitis B virus (HBV), millions of people around the world live with chronic HBV infection. During a session at the AIDS 2024 conference, experts discussed the current state of HBV elimination and the rationale for the new guidelines developed by the WHO.
“According to recent data from WHO, there are around 300 million people living with chronic hepatitis B or C worldwide,” said Hugo Perazzo, MD, PhD, a hepatologist and researcher at the