Sarah Hess
World Health Organization
4 Papers
Sarah Hess is an academic researcher from World Health Organization. The author has contributed to research in topics: Hepatitis & Viral hepatitis. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 4 publications.
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Global progress on the elimination of viral hepatitis as a major public health threat: An analysis of WHO Member State responses 2017.
Shanley Smith,Shanley Smith,Hande Harmanci,Yvan Hutin,Sarah Hess,Marc Bulterys,Raquel Peck,Bharat B Rewari,Antons Mozalevskis,Messeret Eshetu Shibeshi,Mutale Mumba,Linh-Vi Le,Naoko Ishikawa,Désiré Nolna,Leandro Sereno,Charles Gore,David J Goldberg,David J Goldberg,Sharon J. Hutchinson,Sharon J. Hutchinson +19 more
- 10 May 2019
TL;DR: Most people living with hepatitis B and C reside in a country with a national hepatitis strategy, and governments who engaged with civil society were more advanced in their response.
Survey of programmatic experiences and challenges in delivery of hepatitis B and C testing in low- and middle-income countries.
Azumi Ishizaki,Julie Bouscaillou,Niklas Luhmann,Stephanie Liu,Raissa Chua,Nick Walsh,Sarah Hess,Elena Ivanova,Teri Roberts,Philippa Easterbrook +9 more
TL;DR: There was consensus from implementing organizations that scale-up of testing will require increased community awareness, health care worker training, development of national strategies and guidelines, and improved access to low cost NAT virological testing.
Viral Hepatitis Strategic Information to Achieve Elimination by 2030: Key Elements for HIV Program Managers
Yvan Hutin,Daniel Low-Beer,Isabel Bergeri,Sarah Hess,Jesus M Garcia-Calleja,Chika Hayashi,Antons Mozalevskis,Annemarie Rinder Stengaard,Keith Sabin,Hande Harmanci,Marc Bulterys +10 more
TL;DR: The commonalities between HIV and hepatitis at the strategic, policy, technical, and implementation levels justify coordination, strategic linkage, or integration, depending on the type of HIV and viral hepatitis epidemics.
The global hepatitis delta virus (HDV) epidemic: what gaps to address in order to mount a public health response?
Tomoyuki Hayashi,Tomoyuki Hayashi,Yumie Takeshita,Yumie Takeshita,Yvan J.F. Hutin,Hande Harmanci,Philippa Easterbrook,Sarah Hess,Judith van Holten,Ena Oru,Shuichi Kaneko,Cihan Yurdaydin,Marc Bulterys +12 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors performed a literature review in terms of epidemiology by WHO regions, genotypes distribution and their pathogenicity, factors associated with hepatitis delta virus infection, mortality due to HDV infection, testing strategies and treatment.