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 Chronic viral hepatitis is especially frequent in low‐income countries, where transmission is typically mother to foetus or child to child (e.g. hepatitis B virus in Southeast Asia and sub‐Saharan Africa) or through contaminated blood (e.g. hepatitis C virus in Egypt, Pakistan and North Africa)

 A significant number of countries, particularly African, still do not universally administer hepatitis B virus vaccine to infants

 The success of a viral hepatitis detection programme depends on identifying target groups, whose beliefs and health perspectives can affect their acceptance

 Although new treatment strategies for hepatitis C have demonstrated high rates of healing, they have created new inequalities in accessing treatment in low‐ to medium‐income countries