Viral hepatitis elimination
18 articles
Monitoring Progress Towards the Elimination of Hepatitis C as a Public Health Threat in Norway
Monitoring progress towards the elimination of hepatitis C as a public health threat in Norway: A modelling study among people who inject drugs and immigrants More
Progress Toward the Elimination of Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C in the Country of Georgia, April 2015 – April 2024
A case study, published in MMVR, explored Georgia’s efforts and progress toward hepatitis B and hepatitis C elimination. More
Feasibility of Hepatitis C Elimination by Screening and Treatment Alone in High-Income Countries
A study developed an agent-based model to characterize the HCV epidemic in Canada, a resource-rich country with ongoing immigration from HCV-endemic regions, relying exclusively on risk-based screening for case identification. More
Hepatitis C Elimination in Egypt: Story of Success
In 2023, Egypt became the first country to fulfill the World Health Organization’s set programmatic criteria of reduction of hepatitis C incidence and mortalities to levels close to elimination of disease. More
Accessible DAAs Shouldn’t Be DOA: Delivering on the Promise of Negotiated Price Reductions for HCV Treatment
The hepatitis C virus remains one of the deadliest infectious diseases, despite the existence of an effective eight-to-twelve week cure. Access to direct acting antivirals must be urgently expanded to save lives. More
