The role of the Primary Healthcare Network in Iran in hepatitis C virus elimination by 2030

The World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated that about 71 million people in the world have chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) and 399,000 die every year due to cirrhosis and cancer caused by HCV. Despite efforts to prevent and control hepatitis, there are still many barriers. In September 2000, d...

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Main Authors: Masoud Behzadifar, Hasan Abolghasem Gorji, Aziz Rezapour, Nicola Luigi Bragazzi, Seyed Moayed Alavian
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-07-01
Series:Journal of Virus Eradication
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spelling doaj-550a44c4901f4efe897931bc0d9983f02021-05-05T04:05:07ZengElsevierJournal of Virus Eradication2055-66402018-07-0143186188The role of the Primary Healthcare Network in Iran in hepatitis C virus elimination by 2030Masoud Behzadifar0Hasan Abolghasem Gorji1Aziz Rezapour2Nicola Luigi Bragazzi3Seyed Moayed Alavian4Department of Health Services Management, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Corresponding author: Hasan Abolghasem Gorji, Health Management and Economics Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranHealth Management and Economics Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranHealth Management and Economics Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranDepartment of Health Sciences (DISSAL), University of Genoa, ItalyResearch Center for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases (BRCGL), Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranThe World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated that about 71 million people in the world have chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) and 399,000 die every year due to cirrhosis and cancer caused by HCV. Despite efforts to prevent and control hepatitis, there are still many barriers. In September 2000, during a summit in New York organised by the United Nations, world leaders agreed on a set of achievable targets within a limited timeframe, with the goal of combating poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, destruction of the environment and of improving the status of women by 2015; these were known as the Millennium Development Goals. The Primary Health Care Network (PHCN) in Iran has played a very important role in health promotion but its achievements could be enhanced further by improving performance and implementing further changes. The WHO strives to achieve goals of sustainable development by 2030 in many countries, thereby raising awareness, encouraging greater community participation, mobilising resources, using evidence-based policies, and increasing screening services, care and treatment. The concept of the PHCN has been very successful in health promotion in Iran, andhas provided a basis for accessible and high-quality services for all. Achieving HCV elimination by 2030 could beachieved with the support of the PHCN, and changes in management with regard to screening, prevention and treatment practices.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S205566402030265XPrimary healthcare network, elimination, hepatitis C, Iran
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Aziz Rezapour
Nicola Luigi Bragazzi
Seyed Moayed Alavian
spellingShingle Masoud Behzadifar
Hasan Abolghasem Gorji
Aziz Rezapour
Nicola Luigi Bragazzi
Seyed Moayed Alavian
The role of the Primary Healthcare Network in Iran in hepatitis C virus elimination by 2030
Journal of Virus Eradication
Primary healthcare network, elimination, hepatitis C, Iran
author_facet Masoud Behzadifar
Hasan Abolghasem Gorji
Aziz Rezapour
Nicola Luigi Bragazzi
Seyed Moayed Alavian
author_sort Masoud Behzadifar
title The role of the Primary Healthcare Network in Iran in hepatitis C virus elimination by 2030
title_short The role of the Primary Healthcare Network in Iran in hepatitis C virus elimination by 2030
title_full The role of the Primary Healthcare Network in Iran in hepatitis C virus elimination by 2030
title_fullStr The role of the Primary Healthcare Network in Iran in hepatitis C virus elimination by 2030
title_full_unstemmed The role of the Primary Healthcare Network in Iran in hepatitis C virus elimination by 2030
title_sort role of the primary healthcare network in iran in hepatitis c virus elimination by 2030
publisher Elsevier
series Journal of Virus Eradication
issn 2055-6640
publishDate 2018-07-01
description The World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated that about 71 million people in the world have chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) and 399,000 die every year due to cirrhosis and cancer caused by HCV. Despite efforts to prevent and control hepatitis, there are still many barriers. In September 2000, during a summit in New York organised by the United Nations, world leaders agreed on a set of achievable targets within a limited timeframe, with the goal of combating poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, destruction of the environment and of improving the status of women by 2015; these were known as the Millennium Development Goals. The Primary Health Care Network (PHCN) in Iran has played a very important role in health promotion but its achievements could be enhanced further by improving performance and implementing further changes. The WHO strives to achieve goals of sustainable development by 2030 in many countries, thereby raising awareness, encouraging greater community participation, mobilising resources, using evidence-based policies, and increasing screening services, care and treatment. The concept of the PHCN has been very successful in health promotion in Iran, andhas provided a basis for accessible and high-quality services for all. Achieving HCV elimination by 2030 could beachieved with the support of the PHCN, and changes in management with regard to screening, prevention and treatment practices.
topic Primary healthcare network, elimination, hepatitis C, Iran
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S205566402030265X
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