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Hepatitis C in Eastern Europe and Central Asia: a survey of epidemiology, treatment access and civil society activity in eleven countries.

Ludmila MaistatNatalija KravchenkoAmulya Reddy
Published in: Hepatology, medicine and policy (2017)
As feasible curative HCV treatment is now available, and given the significant regional disease burden, EECA countries need to ensure HCV surveillance and DAA availability at affordable prices in order to expand treatment and prevent the onward transmission of the infection. EECA CSOs have demonstrated their capacity to play a crucial role in advancing HCV issues, and they should continue leveraging these issues for the benefit of individual patients and public health in general.
Keyphrases
  • public health
  • hepatitis c virus
  • newly diagnosed
  • human immunodeficiency virus
  • prognostic factors
  • combination therapy
  • south africa