The O’Neill Institute ran Hep ElimiNATION from January 2022 to August 2023 with consultation from the National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable (NVHR) and the Center for Health Law & Policy Innovation (CHLPI) at Harvard Law School. The project provided a snapshot of select policies and programmatic strategies relevant to building capacity for viral hepatitis elimination across the 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico. This advocacy tool aimed to inform policymakers, public health leaders, and communities about several essential pieces of the elimination puzzle and aimed to catalyze elimination planning efforts in pursuit of the World Health Organization’s goal to eliminate viral hepatitis by 2030.
In addition to jurisdiction assessments, Hep ElimiNATION created toolkit modules and an extensive resource list to further assist jurisdictions’ elimination efforts. The modules provide templates and guidance for building an elimination collaboration engaging people with living experience and other stakeholders in elimination efforts, conducting collaboration meetings, and how to approach budget advocacy to support viral hepatitis elimination efforts.