Novel Hepatitic C Virus (HCV) Diagnosis and Treatment Delivery Systems: Facilitating HCV Elimination by Thinking Outside the Clinic
Sahar Bajis, Tanya Applegate, Jason Grebely, Gail Matthews, Gregory J. Dore
Abstract
The World Health Organization has set a goal to eliminate hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection as public health threat by 2030. Although the advent of highly effective and tolerable direct-acting antiviral therapy has paved the way for HCV elimination, most people with HCV infection remain undiagnosed and untreated globally, with striking disparities between high-income and low- to middle-income countries. Novel decentralized and cost-effective "test-and-treat" strategies are critically needed to identify the millions of people unaware of their status and link them to treatment.
Topics & Concepts
Hepatitis C virusMedicineAntiviral therapyPublic healthHepatitis CIntensive care medicineLow incomeImmunologyVirusEnvironmental healthVirologyChronic hepatitisNursingSociologySocioeconomicsHepatitis C virus researchHepatitis B Virus StudiesLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment