Launch of a Nationwide Hepatitis C Elimination Program — Georgia, April 2015

Аннотация

This issue of MMWR includes a report describing the launch of a nationwide hepatitis C elimination program in Georgia, a country with a high burden of hepatitis C. The initial phase of the program is focused on increasing access to affordable diagnostics, free treatment of persons with severe liver disease who are at highest risk for hepatitis C–related morbidity and mortality with new curative regimens, and building capacity to achieve program goals of prevention of transmission and elimination of disease. Georgia’s program might provide information and experience that can inform similar efforts in other parts of the world.