Guidance: Hepatitis C in Yorkshire and Humber: annual reports

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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a bloodborne virus. Chronic infection can lead to liver cirrhosis, end-stage liver disease and liver cancer. Prevention and treatment efforts have been combined to combat HCV infection and progress towards elimination of HCV as a public health threat by 2030 (set out in the World Health Organization Global Health Sector Strategy on Viral Hepatitis). The National Strategic Group on Viral Hepatitis, a cross-agency expert advisory body supported by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) provides strategic guidance on viral hepatitis in England and supports progress toward achieving the WHO goal of HCV elimination.

UKHSA publishes a national Hepatitis C in England report which summarises England’s progress towards the WHO elimination targets for HCV infection. This regional spotlight report complements the ‘Hepatitis C in England’ report and presents further information on HCV disease surveillance, and trends in HCV diagnosis, testing and treatment in Yorkshire and Humber UKHSA region with data up to end of 2024.

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there were 1,514 new laboratory reports of hepatitis C in residents of the Yorkshire and Humber UKHSA region, representing a rate of 26.7 reports per 100,000 population in 2024

the number of new laboratory reports has increased by 21.8% since 2023 and decreased by 16.4% over the past 10 years

in 2024, the number of positive laboratory reports by upper tier local authority of residence ranged from 18 in North Lincolnshire to 356 in Leeds. Rates were highest in Wakefield at 87.0 and lowest in East Riding of Yorkshire with 7.3

in 2024, the number of laboratory reports in males was 760 (50.2%) and in females was 399 (26.4%). Sex was unknown in 23.4% of cases

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