A public health approach to hepatitis C control in low- and middle-income countries

Amitabh B Suthar; Anthony D Harries

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001795

A public health approach to hepatitis C control in low- and middle-income countries

PLoS Med. 2015 Mar 10;12(3):e1001795. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001795. eCollection 2015 Mar.

Authors

Amitabh B Suthar¹, Anthony D Harries²

Affiliations

¹ South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
² International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France; Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.

Abstract

In light of new treatment regimens for hepatitis C, Amitabh Suthar and Anthony Harries outline a wider public health approach for tackling the disease.

MeSH terms

Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use
Developing Countries*
Hepacivirus*
Hepatitis C / drug therapy
Hepatitis C / prevention & control*
Hepatitis C / transmission
Hepatitis C / virology
Humans
Income
Public Health*

Substances

Antiviral Agents

Grants and funding

No specific funding was received for this work.