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Free Hepatitis B Screenings Planned for 300,000 Hong Kong Residents

12/30/2025

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Hong Kong will offer free hepatitis B screenings to about 300,000 residents early next year as part of the viral hepatitis action plan to eliminate hepatitis as a public health threat by 2030.
Dr. Bonnie Wong Chun-kwan emphasized that addressing hepatitis reduces liver cancer linked to hepatitis B.
The targets limit new hepatitis B infections to two per 100,000 and hepatitis C to five per 100,000.
They aim for 90% diagnosed and 80% treated.

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Hong Kong will offer free hepatitis B screenings to about 300,000 residents early next year as part of the viral hepatitis action plan to eliminate hepatitis as a public health threat by 2030.
Dr. Bonnie Wong Chun-kwan emphasized that addressing hepatitis reduces liver cancer linked to hepatitis B.
The targets limit new hepatitis B infections to two per 100,000 and hepatitis C to five per 100,000.
They aim for 90% diagnosed and 80% treated.