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World Hepatitis Day is set on the 28th of July. The goal of this day is to raise global awareness of viral hepatitis A, B, C, D, and E. Since 2011, each year's World Hepatitis Day has focused on a specific theme. “Find the Missing Millions” is the theme for 2019. It is because 9 out of 10 people living with viral hepatitis are unaware of their status. Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a blood-borne infection but mother-to-child transmission is the most common way to spread the virus. In Asia and the Pacific, the prevalence of hepatitis B is especially high in the Pacific Islands, including Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.

The map shows the prevalence of chronic hepatitis B infection, defined by longstanding positive hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), in the World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific Region in 2018. The positive rate of HBsAg varied from 0.7% (Malaysia) to 18.8% (Solomon Islands). Vaccination is a safe and effective way to protect the uninfected individual against HBV.

Data for this map were obtained from the WHO regional hepatitis data.

世界肝炎日定於7月28日。它的目標是提高全球對病毒性肝炎A、B 、 C 、 D和E的認識。自2011年起，每年世界肝炎日都有特定主題。“尋找失踪的百萬人群”是2019年的主題。這是因為患有病毒性肝炎的10人中有9人沒有意識到自己已受感染。乙型肝炎病毒可以通過接觸血液而傳播，但最常見是母嬰傳播。在亞太地區，太平洋島嶼的乙型肝炎患病率尤其高，包括所羅門群島及瓦努阿圖。

地圖顯示了世界衛生組織西太平洋區域2018年的慢性乙型肝炎患病率，定義為乙型肝炎表面抗原長期陽性率。這些國家的陽性比率從0.7％（馬來西亞）到18.8％（所羅門群島）不等。乙型肝炎疫苗接種是有效而安全的保護方法。

地圖數據來自世衛組織肝炎數據。