The Egyptian hepatitis C programme: a model of HCV treatment intervention?

The Egyptian HCV epidemic, and the country ’s response to it, are unlike any other country to date. Egypt has a very high burden of infection and disease: Egypt ranks 5th amongst all countries for the burden of disease from viral hepatitis,[1] close to 15% of the adult population are seropositive for HCV and over four million individuals r emain viraemic.[2,3] As a lower middle-income country, Egypt is relatively poor with a gross national income per capita of $3,410 in 2016 according to the World Bank.
Source: Journal of Hepatology - Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Tags: Editorial Source Type: research