Hepatitis A Is Surging And Cities Don’t Have The Resources To Stop It

“If you don’t prevent, you pay a lot more in outbreak investigation and treatment,” Hanen said. ”We tend to only pay attention when there is a crisis, and I think that’s the challenge with hepatitis and vaccine-preventable diseases. So, when you disinvest in prevention, you have to expect there will be an increase in outbreaks. And therefore, we have to spend even more money than if we had maintained a robust investment over time.”