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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Expanding access to treatment for hepatitis C in resource-limited settings: Lessons from HIV/AIDS
Clinical Infectious Diseases, Volume 54, No. 10, Year 2012
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Description
The need to improve access to care and treatment for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in resourcelimited settings is receiving increasing attention. Key priorities for scaling up HCV treatment and care include reducing the cost of current and future treatment; simplifying the package of care; identifying opportunities to shift specific tasks to nonspecialists to overcome human resource constraints; service integration with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) clinics, prison health services, and needle syringe and oral substitution therapy programs; improving surveillance, monitoring, and research; encouraging patient and community engagement; focusing specifically on the needs of vulnerable groups; and increasing financial and political commitment. Many of these obstacles have been addressed in rolling out treatment for human immunodeficiency virus during the last decade, and a number of lessons can be drawn to help improve access to HCV care. © The Author 2012.
Authors & Co-Authors
Ford, Nathan P.
Switzerland, Geneva
Medecins Sans Frontieres
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Singh, Kasha Priya
United Kingdom, London
University College London
Cooke, Graham S.
South Africa, Durban
University of Kwazulu-natal
United Kingdom, London
Imperial College London
Mills, Edward J.
Canada, Ottawa
University of Ottawa
von Schoen-Angerer, Tido
Switzerland, Geneva
Medecins Sans Frontieres
Kamarulzaman, Adeeba Binti
Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
Universiti Malaya
Du Cros, Philipp A.
Switzerland, Geneva
Medecins Sans Frontieres
Statistics
Citations: 86
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 7
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1093/cid/cis227
ISSN:
10584838
e-ISSN:
15376591
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Infectious Diseases