A 2024 global report on national policies, programmes, and progress towards hepatitis C elimination: findings from 33 hepatitis elimination profiles.

ABSTRACT: The Coalition for Global Hepatitis Elimination's National Hepatitis Elimination Profiles assess the status of national data, policy, and programme development for the elimination of viral hepatitis. To date, profiles from 33 countries and territories have been developed. These profiles reveal that 30 (91%) countries and territories have hepatitis C national action plans, 11 (33%) have systems to monitor hepatitis C-related mortality, 16 (48%) have systems to monitor hepatitis C incidence, and 18 (55%) have systems to track the number of people tested and treated. Some countries and territories continue to uphold barriers to hepatitis C treatment, with 12 (36%) still having partial or full restrictions on prescribing authority for non-specialists. Ten (30%) countries and territories have me

SUBMITTER: Hiebert-Suwondo L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12308979 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature