This is impressive - How political will combined with the scaling up of cost effective resources combined to help eliminate #hepatitisC in #Egypt #medicine https://www.forbes.com/sites/williamhaseltine/2023/05/18/how-did-egypt-eliminate-hepatitis-c-in-less-than-one-year/?sh=194da25930e9

Scroll through to learn more about HCV and how the Syndemics Lab engages in HCV research!
#hcv #infectiousdiseases #bostonmedicalcenter #overdose #opioidusedisorder #hepatitis #hepatitisc #publichealth

🎉 Great news! #HepatitisC home testing kits are now available for FREE from the HSE. 🏠💉 Order your kit online via the HSE's new Hepatitis C online service and take charge of your health! 💪🙌 #HealthMatters #TestYourself #StaySafe➡️ https://www2.hse.ie/services/order-a-hepatitis-c-test

More than 200 children cured of hepatitis C in world-first NHS scheme

Exclusive: England on track to become first country to eliminate disease after landmark deal for new drugs

#science #medicine #health #hepatitisC #UK #NHS

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/mar/31/more-than-200-children-cured-of-hepatitis-c-in-world-first-nhs-scheme

Exclusive: More than 200 children cured of #HepatitisC in world-first NHS scheme https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/mar/31/more-than-200-children-cured-of-hepatitis-c-in-world-first-nhs-scheme

#FrancisCollins readies a Biden push to eliminate #hepatitisC nationwide, curing more of the nearly 2 million hepatitis C cases that in 2020 led to more than 15,000 deaths, former #NIH director Collins said a Stat News event last night in Washington, DC. https://endpts.com/francis-collins-readies-a-biden-push-to-eliminate-hepatitis-c-nationwide/

A December 2022 Journal of the American Society of Nephrology early access article led by Dr. Rachel Epstein and also involving Benjamin Buzzee, Dimitri Baptiste, Tannishtha Pramanick, and Dr. Ben Linas challenges current HCV screening recommendations.
Read More: https://www.bmc.org/news/recommended-national-guidelines-frequency-hepatitis-c-virus-screening-hemodialysis-centers-not
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#HCV #HepatitisC #hemodialysis #syndemicslab #infectiousdiseases #bostonmedicalcenter

England on track to eliminate hepatitis C five years ahead of global targets

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/dec/28/nhs-on-track-to-eliminate-hepatitis-c-five-years-ahead-of-global-targets?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

England to become first country to eliminate virus thanks to targeted screening campaigns and effective treatments... The World Health Organization’s target of a 10% reduction in hepatitis C-related death by 2020 has been exceeded threefold

#HepatitisC #health #treatment #HIV #LGBT #lgbtq

Live-saving treatments only work when people receive them. #Hepatitisc #hepatitis

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2799265

It appears that the asking price for these new drugs does not so much reflect the actual costs of development and manufacturing plus a profit, but rather what pharmaceutical companies expect governments and insurers to be willing to pay
An eyeopener was the price hike of generic drugs by Martin Shkrekli in 2015, but high prices has also been seen with medicines for #hepatitisC and #diabetes 2/

KDIGO 2022 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Prevention, Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Treatment of #HepatitisC in #ChronicKidneyDisease

https://www.kidney-international.org/article/S0085-2538(22)00595-6/fulltext

Based on my calculations the active ingredients of Mavyret, a medication to treat hepatitis C, cost 650% more than gold by weight. #pharma #healthcare #healthcarereform #medicine #HepatitisC

I love the #CDC funded #HepatitisB Online and #HepatitisC Online sites. Tax dollars well spent.

🔗https://www.hepatitisb.uw.edu/

🔗https://www.hepatitisc.uw.edu/

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Digging into a topic that's new to me -- hepatitis C treatment. Know someone who's doing interesting work in this area? Please point me their way! #hepatitisc #hcv

After the remarkable success curing #hepatitisC, the repeated disappointments with #hepatitisB (& #NAFLD/NASH) are frustrating! @AASLDtweets@twitter.com #LiverMtg22 #TLM22

@Leanhealth @JanaH für #HepatitisC ist bspw. auch die Entwicklung einer Insulinresistenz beschrieben.