Accelerating Hepatitis C virus elimination in Egypt by 2030: A national survey of communication for behavioral development as a modelling study.
Ammal M MetwallyDalia M ElmosalamiHazem ElhaririLobna A El EtrebyAhmed AboulghateMarwa M El-SonbatyAmira MohsenRehan M SalehGhada A Abdel-LatifSahar SamySherif E El DeebAsmaa M FathyMohab M SalahMohamed A Abdel MawlaHanaa M ImamNihad A IbrahimFatma A ShaabanReham Y ElamirMohamed AbdelrahmanManal H El-SayedPublished in: PloS one (2021)
Egypt would be closer to HCV elimination when cost-effective strategies are directed not towards creating awareness, perceived risk or motivation to change- (at an acceptable level)- but towards motivating adopting risk-reduction behaviors for HCV, tackling misconceptions and reinforcement of social support.