A multi-level intervention to eliminate hepatitis C from the Region of Southern Denmark : the C-Free-South project

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Denmark has signed the WHO strategy to eliminate hepatitis C virus (HCV). In the absence of a national strategy for elimination, a local action plan was developed in the Region of Southern Denmark (RSD). The aim of the strategy is to diagnose 90% of HCV-infected persons and treat 80% of those diagnosed by 2025. The strategy was developed by reviewing Danish data on HCV epidemiology and drug use to identify key populations for screening, linkage to care, and treatment. Based on available published data from 2016, an estimated 3028 persons in the RSD were HCV-RNA positive (population prevalence 0.21%). Of these, 1002 were attending clinical care, 1299 were diagnosed but not in clinical care, and 727 were undiagnosed. Three different interventions targeting the HCV-infected population and two interventions for HCV surveillance are planned to achieve elimination. The "C-Free-South" strategy aims to eliminate HCV in our region by identifying (90%) and treating (80%) of infected persons by the end of 2025, 5 years earlier than the WHO elimination target date.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:22

Enthalten in:

BMC infectious diseases - 22(2022), 1 vom: 01. März, Seite 202

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Dröse, Sandra [VerfasserIn]
Øvrehus, Anne Lindebo Holm [VerfasserIn]
Holm, Dorte Kinggaard [VerfasserIn]
Madsen, Lone Wulff [VerfasserIn]
Mössner, Belinda Klemmensen [VerfasserIn]
Søholm, Jacob [VerfasserIn]
Hansen, Janne Fuglsang [VerfasserIn]
Røge, Birgit Thorup [VerfasserIn]
Christensen, Peer Brehm [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antiviral Agents
Elimination
Epidemiology
Hepatitis C Antibodies
Hepatitis C virus
Interventions
Journal Article
Testing
Treatment

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 03.03.2022

Date Revised 10.03.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s12879-022-07196-7

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM337636737