Eliminating Hepatitis C

Elimination of hepatitis by 2030 - World Health Organization (WHO)

There is no vaccine for hepatitis C. Antiviral medicines can cure more than 95% of persons with hepatitis C infection, thereby reducing the risk of death from ...

Mapping Hepatitis Elimination in Action | HHS.gov

The UNM Hepatitis C Elimination Project is a microelimination effort within an academic health system, with the primary goal that no UNM- ...

United States National Hepatitis C Elimination Initiative | CGHE

The 2024 budget proposed by the White House sets aside $12.3 billion over the next 10 years to eliminate hepatitis C. Right now, as Congress is ...

Eliminating hepatitis C | Washington State Health Care Authority

Eliminating hepatitis C. The Health Care Authority (HCA) is partnering with the Department of Health (DOH) and AbbVie US LLC, a research-based global ...

A National Hepatitis C Elimination Program in the United States

A National Hepatitis C Elimination Program in the United States: A Historic Opportunity ... One of the most dramatic scientific achievements of ...

New York State Hepatitis C Elimination

In March 2018, New York State announced its commitment to eliminating hepatitis C as a public health problem in New York State (NYS). The announcement was ...

About Hepatitis Elimination | CGHE

In 2016, the World Health Assembly (WHA) unanimously adopted the resolution that viral hepatitis should be eliminated by 2030. In the same year, ...

The Elimination of Hepatitis C - NCBI

As with hepatitis B, eliminating the public health problem of hepatitis C in the United States is a matter of ending transmission and reducing the burden of ...

White House Initiative Aims to Finally Eliminate Hepatitis C Infection

The 2024 White House budget proposal includes a bold plan to eliminate Hepatitis C virus (HCV) in the United States within five years of implementation.1 ...

Advancing Hepatitis C Elimination

Through this research project, Duke-Margolis, in partnership with a range of stakeholders and experts, will develop an evidence-based implementation plan ...

Hepatitis C - World Health Organization (WHO)

Acute HCV infections are usually asymptomatic and most do not lead to a life-threatening disease. Around 30% (15–45%) of infected persons ...

WHO hepatitis C elimination targets: the global equity challenge

Share ... In 2016, the WHO Global Health Sector Strategy on Viral Hepatitis targeted an 80% reduction in new hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections by ...

The path to hepatitis C elimination: who are we leaving behind and ...

In summary, PWUD and prisoners, two vulnerable populations with considerable overlap who continue to experience a high prevalence of chronic HCV ...

Ten steps to eliminating hepatitis C in hospitals - Nature

Only 12 high-income countries are on track to meet the World Health Organization's goal of eliminating hepatitis C as a public health threat ...

Eliminating Hepatitis C - | Washington State Department of Health

Hep C Free Washington Plan to Eliminate Hepatitis C in Washington State by 2030 On September 28, 2018, Governor Jay Inslee unveiled a ...

A National Strategy for the Elimination of Hepatitis B and C

A National Strategy for the Elimination of Hepatitis B and C ... An ad hoc committee under the auspices of the Institute of Medicine will be convened to complete ...

White House budget includes ambitious push to eliminate hepatitis C

The amount of money budgeted for the program may not be sufficient to eliminate hepatitis C, Kaplan says, but “it will make a significant dent ...

US Hepatitis C Elimination Plan—Reply - JAMA Network

The hepatitis C elimination plan aims to address structural and other factors that affect hepatitis C care and treatment for all individuals in ...

Massachusetts HCV Elimination Plan | Mass.gov

The Massachusetts Hepatitis C Elimination Plan provides recommendations and strategies needed to prevent, diagnose, and treat hepatitis C infection, ...

Progress Toward the Elimination of Hepatitis B and - CDC

In 2016, the World Health Assembly endorsed the goal of eliminating viral hepatitis as a public health problem by 2030, defined as a 90% ...