Draft Viral Hepatitis National Strategic Plan: A Roadmap to Elimination 2021-2025
Public Comment Invited

Dear Colleagues,

The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), through the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health and its Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy (OIDP), has been coordinating development by federal partners throughout HHS and other departments of the next iteration of the national strategy to address the viral hepatitis epidemic. The draft Viral Hepatitis National Strategic Plan: A Roadmap to Elimination 2021-2025 (Hepatitis Plan) provides a framework to eliminate viral hepatitis as a public health threat by 2030.

OIDP has published a Request for Information (RFI) in the Federal Register to solicit input on the draft Hepatitis Plan. HHS seeks input from a broad mix of stakeholders on whether the plan’s goals, objectives, and strategies appropriately address the viral hepatitis epidemic and whether there are any critical gaps.

The draft Hepatitis Plan and a link to the Federal Register RFI are posted on www.hhs.gov/hepatitis. All comments must be submitted electronically to HepatitisPlanComments@hhs.gov no later than the deadline specified in the Federal Register notice, to be considered.

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Thank you for your support and assistance.

Carol S. Jimenez
Deputy Director for Strategic Initiatives
Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy (OIDP)
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services