WHO highlights progress in accelerating access to hepatitis

WHO highlights progress in accelerating access to hepatitis C diagnostics and treatment in low- and middle-income countries
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WHO highlights progress in accelerating access to hepatitis C diagnostics and treatment in low- and middle-income countries
27 January 2021
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Many low- and middle-income countries have reduced suffering from hepatitis C, thanks to increased access to testing and treatment. Some achieved a 20-fold increase in the number of people treated with safe and effective direct-acting retroviral drugs
between 2015 and 2018, according to the
A drop in prices underpins this success
Low- and middle-income countries can now aim to achieve a price as low as US$ 60 per patient for a 12-week course of treatment with WHO-prequalified generic sofosbuvir and daclatasvir. Prices offered by suppliers of WHO-prequalified HCV rapid diagnostic

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