Effects and cost of different strategies to eliminate hepatitis C virus transmission in Pakistan: a modelling analysis

Summary: Background: The WHO elimination strategy for hepatitis C virus advocates scaling up screening and treatment to reduce global hepatitis C incidence by 80% by 2030, but little is known about how this reduction could be achieved and the costs of doing so. We aimed to evaluate the effects and...

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Main Authors: Aaron G Lim, DPhil, Josephine G Walker, PhD, Nyashadzaishe Mafirakureva, PhD, Gul Ghuttai Khalid, MPH, Huma Qureshi, FRCP, Hassan Mahmood, FRSPH, Adam Trickey, PhD, Hannah Fraser, PhD, Khawar Aslam, MBBS, Gregoire Falq, MPH, Camille Fortas, MPH, Hassaan Zahid, MBBS, Ammara Naveed, MBBS, Rosa Auat, MD, Quaid Saeed, MPH, Charlotte F Davies, PhD, Christinah Mukandavire, PhD, Nancy Glass, MPH, David Maman, MD, Natasha K Martin, DPhil, Matthew Hickman, ProfPhD, Margaret T May, ProfPhD, Saeed Hamid, ProfFRCP, Anne Loarec, MD, Francisco Averhoff, MD, Peter Vickerman, ProfDPhil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-03-01
Series:The Lancet Global Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X20300036