Screening and Treatment Program to Eliminate Hepatitis C in Egypt

In 2018, the Egyptian government initiated a massive hepatitis C screening and treatment program. The Ministry of Health set the goal of screening all adults (target population, 62.5 million) within 1 year and provided treatment paid for by the government. Nearly 50 million people participated in sc...

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Published in:	The New England journal of medicine Vol. 382; no. 12; pp. 1166 - 1174
Main Authors:	Waked, Imam, Esmat, Gamal, Elsharkawy, Aisha, El-Serafy, Magdy, Abdel-Razek, Wael, Ghalab, Reham, Elshishiney, Galal, Salah, Aysam, Abdel Megid, Soad, Kabil, Khaled, El-Sayed, Manal H, Dabbous, Hany, El Shazly, Yehia, Abo Sliman, Mohamed, Abou Hashem, Khalid, Abdel Gawad, Sayed, El Nahas, Nevine, El Sobky, Ahmed, El Sonbaty, Sahar, El Tabakh, Hamdy, Emad, Ehab, Gemeah, Hany, Hashem, Amal, Hassany, Mohamed, Hefnawy, Naseif, Hemida, Abdel N, Khadary, Ayman, Labib, Kamal, Mahmoud, Faisal, Mamoun, Said, Marei, Tamer, Mekky, Saad, Meshref, Alsayeda, Othman, Alaa, Ragab, Omnia, Ramadan, Elhag, Rehan, Ahmed, Saad, Tarek, Saeed, Ramy, Sharshar, Mohamed, Shawky, Hesham, Shawky, Mohamed, Shehata, Wael, Soror, Hanaa, Taha, Mohsen, Talha, Mahmoud, Tealaab, Adel, Zein, Mohamed, Hashish, Alaa, Cordie, Ahmed, Omar, Yasser, Kamal, Ehab, Ammar, Islam, AbdAlla, Mohamed, El Akel, Wafaa, Doss, Wahid, Zaid, Hala
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Massachusetts Medical Society 19-03-2020
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Advertising campaigns Antiviral Agents - economics Antiviral Agents - therapeutic use Costs Diagnostic tests Egypt - epidemiology Female Health Care Costs - statistics & numerical data Hepatitis Hepatitis C Hepatitis C, Chronic - diagnosis Hepatitis C, Chronic - drug therapy Hepatitis C, Chronic - epidemiology Hepatitis C, Chronic - prevention & control Humans Imidazoles - economics Imidazoles - therapeutic use Immunoglobulins Infections Laboratories Male Mass Screening - economics Mass Screening - methods Middle Aged Patients Seroepidemiologic Studies Sofosbuvir - economics Sofosbuvir - therapeutic use Television advertising Young Adult Egypt
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Summary:	In 2018, the Egyptian government initiated a massive hepatitis C screening and treatment program. The Ministry of Health set the goal of screening all adults (target population, 62.5 million) within 1 year and provided treatment paid for by the government. Nearly 50 million people participated in screening, and approximately 1 million patients were treated for HCV infection.
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ISSN:	0028-4793 1533-4406
DOI:	10.1056/NEJMsr1912628