A Stepwise Approach to a National Hepatitis C Screening Strategy in Malaysia to Meet the WHO 2030 Targets: Proposed Strategy, Coverage, and Costs

A Stepwise Approach to a National Hepatitis C Screening Strategy in Malaysia to Meet the WHO 2030 Targets: Proposed Strategy, Coverage, and Costs

Background: In Malaysia, more than 330 000 individuals are estimated to be chronically infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV), but less than 2% have been treated to date. Objectives: To estimate the required coverage and costs of a national screening strategy to inform the launch of an HCV eliminatio...

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Main Authors: Azzeri, A. (Author), Dahlui, M. (Author), Hecht, R. (Author), Hiebert, L. (Author), McDonald, S.A (Author), Mohamed, R. (Author), Shabaruddin, F.H (Author), Soe-Lin, S. (Author), Syed Mansor, S.M (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier Inc. 2019
Subjects:
Antiviral Agents
antivirus agent
Article
controlled study
costing
disease elimination
economics
elimination
health care cost
health care planning
health insurance
health program
Hepacivirus
hepatitis
hepatitis C
Hepatitis C
human
Humans
injection drug user
Malaysia
mass screening
Mass Screening
national health service
pathogenicity
people who inject drugs
population-level screening
prevalence
priority journal
procedures
screening
stepwise
strategic planning
Strategic Planning
targeting
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