Achievement: model national programmes to test, treat and cure hepatitis C.




The treatments for hepatitis C are miracles of modern medicine – the first drugs to cure a chronic viral infection. Taken as pills for two to three months, these medications cure over 95 per cent of people with hepatitis C. Medication costs have fallen globally to a $60 treatment course available through the Global Fund. No longer should anyone die of hepatitis C.



At the Bathurst Correctional Centre in New South Wales, Australia, a nurse conducts point-of-care hepatitis C testing, bringing vital healthcare to an often-overlooked population. 

Pioneer countries committed early to hepatitis C elimination. Most notably, Egypt launched large-scale screening to diagnose approximately 90 per cent of people with hepatitis C, and cure over 90 per cent of their infections. Consequently, hepatitis C prevalence decreased from 10 per cent to 0.4 per cent, and Egypt was the first country awarded the WHO Gold Tier for progress towards hepatitis C elimination. Georgia, Rwanda and Spain are examples of other countries with model programmes moving far along towards the elimination of hepatitis C.



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