On the path towards universal coverage of hepatitis C treatment among people receiving opioid agonist therapy (OAT) in Norway: a prospective cohort study from 2013 to 2017.
Christer Frode AasJørn Henrik VoldSvetlana SkurtveitIngvild OdsbuFatemeh ChalabianlooJan Magnus ØklandRafael Alexander Modahl LeivaPeter VickermanKjell Arne JohanssonLars Thore FadnesPublished in: BMJ open (2020)
A large increase in HCV treatment coverage attributed by a complete shift to interferon-free regimens among the Norwegian OAT population has been demonstrated. However, treatment coverage is inadmissibly too low and a further substantial scale-up in HCV treatment is required to reach the universal targets of controlling and eliminating the HCV endemic.