Working practices in eliminating the public health crisis caused by viral hepatitis in Hainan Province of China

Weihua LI; Changfu XIONG; Taifan CHEN; Bin HE; Dapeng YIN; Xuexia ZENG; Feng LIN; Biyu CHEN; Xiaomei ZENG; Biao WU; Juan JIANG; Lu ZHONG; Yuhui ZHANG

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Working practices in eliminating the public health crisis caused by viral hepatitis in Hainan Province of China

VernacularTitle:海南省消除病毒性肝炎公共卫生危害工作实践
Author: Weihua LI ¹ ; Changfu XIONG ² ; Taifan CHEN ¹ ; Bin HE ² ; Dapeng YIN ² ; Xuexia ZENG ³ ; Feng LIN ⁴ ; Biyu CHEN ⁵ ; Xiaomei ZENG ⁵ ; Biao WU ⁶ ; Juan JIANG ⁷ ; Lu ZHONG ⁷ ; Yuhui ZHANG ⁸
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1. Department of Primary Health Care， Hainan Provincial Health Commission， Haikou 570203， China
2. Hainan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention， Haikou 571129， China
3. Department of Scientific Research Information， Hainan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention， Haikou 571129， China
4. Hainan Provincial People’s Hospital， Haikou 570311， China
5. Institute for the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases， Hainan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention， Haikou 571129， China
6. Hainan Public Health Clinical Center， Haikou 571129， China
7. Institute for the Prevention and Control of Tropical Diseases and Chronic Diseases， Hainan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention， Haikou 571129， China
8. Hainan Provincial Health Commission， Haikou 570203， China
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Hepatitis， Viral， Human; Public Health Practice; Hainan
From: Journal of Clinical Hepatology 2025;41(2):228-233
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: In 2022， Hainan provincial government launched the project for the prevention and control of viral hepatitis with the goals of a hepatitis B screening rate of 90%， a diagnostic rate of 90%， and a treatment rate of 80% among people aged 18 years and above by the year 2025， and the main intervention measures include population-based prevention， case screening， antiviral therapy， and health management. As of December 31， 2024， a total of 6.875 million individuals in the general population had been screened for hepatitis B， with a screening rate of 95.6%. A total of 184 710 individuals with positive HBsAg were identified， among whom 156 772 were diagnosed through serological reexamination， resulting in a diagnostic rate of 84.9%. A total of 50 742 patients with chronic hepatitis B were identified， among whom 42 921 had hepatitis B-specific health records established for health management， with a file establishment rate of 84.6%. A total of 31 553 individuals received antiviral therapy， with a treatment rate of 62.2%. A total of 2.503 million individuals at a high risk of hepatitis C were screened， among whom 4 870 tested positive for HCV antibody and 3 858 underwent HCV RNA testing， resulting in a diagnostic rate of 79.2%， and 1 824 individuals with positive HCV RNA were identified， among whom 1 194 received antiviral therapy， with a treatment rate of 65.5%. In addition， 159 301 individuals with negative HBsAg and anti-HBs and an age of 20 — 40 years were inoculated with hepatitis B vaccine free of charge. Through the implementation of the project for the prevention and control of viral hepatitis， a large number of hepatitis patients have been identified， treated， and managed in the province within a short period of time， which significantly accelerates the efforts to eliminate the crisis of viral hepatitis.