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NVHCP integrates hepatitis screening and treatment across national health programmes to meet India's 2030 elimination goal, aligned with WHO's Global Hepatitis Strategy.
Free diagnostics and drugs are provided nationwide for Hepatitis B and C management since the programme's 2018 launch, run through the paperless NVHCP-MIS portal.
2021 HIV Sentinel Surveillance data found Hepatitis B seroprevalence at 0.85% and Hepatitis C at 0.29% among the tested population.
Prevent, screen, diagnose and treat viral hepatitis to reach India's 2030 elimination target
Key: Free diagnostics/drugs for Hepatitis B & C; paperless NVHCP-MIS portal; integrated with UIP, NACP and NTEP
Prevent and control HIV/AIDS in India
Key: Launched 1992 under the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO); NVHCP uses NACP's outreach network to screen high-risk groups for Hepatitis B/C
Achieve full immunisation coverage for children and pregnant women
Key: Launched December 2014; delivers the Hepatitis B birth-dose vaccine under the Universal Immunization Programme
| Type | Transmission | Vaccine Available |
|---|---|---|
| Hepatitis A | Faecal-oral route (contaminated food/water) | No specific antiviral; usually self-limiting |
| Hepatitis B | Mother-to-child at birth; infected blood/body fluids | Yes — under Universal Immunization Programme |
| Hepatitis C | Unsafe injections, shared needles, infected blood | No vaccine; curable with Direct-Acting Antivirals |
| Hepatitis D | Infected blood/body fluids (only in chronic HBV carriers) | No direct vaccine; HBV vaccine confers protection |
| Hepatitis E | Faecal-oral route (contaminated food/water) | No specific antiviral; usually self-limiting |
Apex body implementing India's HIV/AIDS control programme; its outreach is used to screen high-risk groups for Hepatitis B/C
GS Paper 2 > Governance > Government Policies and Interventions in Health
Recurs around World Hepatitis Day (28 July) each year
The proportion of a population that tests positive for a disease/infection marker in a sample survey
The paperless monitoring and information system used for NVHCP patient recording and reporting