Abstract
Hepatitis C has been acknowledged as one of the global public health concerns owing to its universal distribution, high incidence, impaired quality of life, and associated life threatening complications, including death. The need to have an urgent public health response is further emphasized by the fact they tend to cast a major financial burden on the community. Considering the huge burden of the chronic infections, it is high time that the access to affordable testing and treatment is given due importance. However, as with any other program, the success of the program requires sustained financial support and simultaneous investments have to be done for innovations, including the development of vaccines. Further, efforts have to be taken to increase the awareness about the disease and mobilization of resources. In conclusion, in order to prevent and control the disease and to meet the proposed targets, the need of the hour is to foster linkage with all the stakeholders and scale up the screening, diagnosis, care and treatment services.
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Shrivastava, Saurabh RamBihariLal and Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh
(2021)
"Need for a holistic approach to contain hepatitis C World Health Organization,"
Indian Journal of Health Sciences and Biomedical Research KLEU: Vol. 14:
Iss.
1, Article 29.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4103/kleuhsj.kleuhsj_155_19
Available at:
https://kleijhsbr.researchcommons.org/journal/vol14/iss1/29
Pages
164
Last Page
165
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