Karlsen, Tom H and Hutchinson, Sharon J and Zelber-Sagi, Shira and Carrieri, Patrizia and Negro, Francesco and Lim, Aaron G and Cecchini, Michele and Dirac, M Ashworth and Murray, Frank and Engebretsen, Eivind and Duffell, Erika and Schomerus, Georg and Voigt, Kristin and Brandtzaeg, Petter Bae and Lerouge, Alienor and Kanavos, Panos and Pani, Luca and Razavi-Shearer, Devin and Eshete, Million Tesfaye and Vuik, Sabine and Leonhard, Anya and McNaughton, Anna L and Yumuk, Volkan and Ivancovsky-Wajcman, Dana and Letourneau, Ian D and Hickman, Matthew and Han, Hannah and Kautz, Achim and Fabrellas, Núria and Spann, Ashley L and Berg, Thomas and Ratziu, Vlad and Gheorghe, Liliana Simona and Mathurin, Philippe and Vickerman, Peter and Shawcross, Debbie L and Paradis, Catherine and Razavi, Homie and Naveira, Marcelo C M and Buti, Maria and Ginès, Pere and Newsome, Philip N and Berzigotti, Annalisa and Guha, Neil and Rutter, Harry and Krag, Aleksander and Burra, Patrizia and Manns, Michael P (2026) Implementing sustainable liver health in Europe: a second EASL-Lancet Commission. The Lancet, Early online, DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(26)00138-8.
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In December 2021, the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL)–Lancet Commission on liver disease in Europe launched its first report, which highlighted an alarming increase in liver-related mortality in many European countries. The Commission proposed a roadmap for addressing the documented negative trends. However, quoting one of the accompanying Comment articles, “gaining consensus on what needs to be done is perhaps the easiest step. Implementing change will be much harder, with many vested interests, both professional and commercial, to overcome.” This Commission aimed to evaluate and advance the enactment of the previously proposed recommendations.
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B Substances > Alcohol
G Health and disease > State of health > Physical health
G Health and disease > Public health
G Health and disease > Substance use disorder (addiction) > Alcohol use disorder
G Health and disease > Digestive / endocrine system disease > Liver disease
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Harm reduction > Substance use harm reduction
MP-MR Policy, planning, economics, work and social services > Policy > Policy on substance use > Harm reduction policy
VA Geographic area > Europe
VA Geographic area > Europe > Ireland
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