Mongolia leads the world in mortality rates linked to liver cancer, with a figure eight times higher than the global average.

The mortality rate of liver cancer has continued to rise in recent years.

Over 95 percent of deaths from liver cancer are caused by chronic infections symptomatic of hepatitis В, С, and D.

Research conducted in 2013 shows that the spread of the hepatitis virus has reached over 400,000 individuals in Mongolia.

Onom Sam NGO launched the national “Healthy Liver” program and made a statement on Monday.
Onom Sam has initiated the national “Healthy liver” program to fight against the hepatitis virus and has developed a comprehensive prevention policy in collaboration with scholars and specialists.

The ambitious goals of the national program are to eliminate the hepatitis C virus in Mongolia by 2020,  decrease the liver disease mortality rate by up to 50 percent through decreasing the spread of hepatitis C, and enrolling patients in treatment for chronic hepatitis C by 2020.

Onom Sam NGO has officially announced that they will be working with the Government of Mongolia and other professional institutes to implement the program.

Onom Sam NGO has also asked state agencies to resolve the following issues to cover certain finances required for the hepatitis C treatment from the Health Insurance Fund and the government budget, and to give permission to medical specialists and nurses to take part in the program for community health.