Mohamed Hassany is the Health Minister's assistant for projects and public health initiatives in the ministry of health and population (MoHP), Egypt; Infectious Diseases and Hepatogastroenterology Associate professor at the National Hepatology and Tropical Medicine Research Institute (NHTMRI) , Cairo ; executive director of the national committee for control of viral hepatitis (NCCVH) , director of the hepatitis elimination program at MoHP. Dr. Hassany has many international peer reviewed publications /book chapters in the fields of viral hepatitis and its related complications and serves as editorial board member and reviewer in many of international peer reviewed journals.