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Is elimination of hepatitis C virus realistic by 2030: Eastern Europe
Vasily Isakov1, Vladimir Tsyrkunov2, Dmitry Nikityuk13
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1Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Federal Research Centre of Nutrition, Biotechnology and Food Safety, Moscow, Russia.
2Grodno State Medical University, Grodno, Belarus.
3I.M.Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University.
Abstract
The WHO elimination goals (diagnosis of 90% of the cases of hepatitis C virus (HCV), treatment coverage in 80% and a 65% reduction in deaths from HCV) are set to be reached by 2030. Although these elimination programmes are extremely important in the Eastern European countries (Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova) with a high prevalence of HCV, limited economic resources prevent their development and implementation. Regardless of the decrease in the incidence HCV in all Eastern European countries, low diagnosis and treatment access, especially in high-risk populations, will not allow to achieve HCV elimination or even to control the infection by 2030.