31 October 2017 | News release | São Paulo, Brazil
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2017年世界肝炎峰会呼吁加速行动，消除病毒性肝炎
World Hepatitis Summit 2017 calls for accelerated action to eliminate viral hepatitis
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在巴西召开世界肝炎峰会前夕，世卫组织报告说，全球越来越重视病毒性肝炎防治问题。
On the eve of the World Hepatitis Summit in Brazil, WHO reports increasing global momentum in the response to viral hepatitis.
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过去两年期间，共有300万人获得了丙肝治疗，2016年接受乙肝终身治疗人数新增了280万人。
A record 3 million people were able to obtain treatment for hepatitis C over the past two years, and 2.8 million more people embarked on lifelong treatment for hepatitis B in 2016.
"We have seen a nearly 5-fold increase in the number of countries developing national plans to eliminate life-threatening viral hepatitis over the last 5 years," says Dr Gottfried Hirnschall, Director of WHO's Department of HIV and Global Hepatitis Programme.
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2017年世界肝炎峰会由世界卫生组织和世界肝炎联盟共同主办，巴西政府提供东道主服务。
Hosted by the Government of Brazil, the World Hepatitis Summit 2017 is being co-organized by WHO and the World Hepatitis Alliance.
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举办这次峰会的目的是鼓励更多国家采取果断行动防治肝炎。
The Summit aims to encourage more countries to take decisive action to tackle hepatitis, which still causes more than 1.3 million deaths every year and affects more than 325 million people.