Progress toward implementing the Swiss Hepatitis Strategy: Is HCV elimination possible by 2030?

ABSTRACT: Catalyzed by the concerns over the growing public health and economic burden of Hepatitis C virus (HCV) in Switzerland, a diverse group of experts and patient representatives came together in 2014 to develop the Swiss Hepatitis Strategy, setting targets for the elimination of viral hepatitis in Switzerland by 2030. Previous studies have reported the estimated number of chronic HCV infections and forecasted burden of disease given different intervention strategies. However, given new prevalence data by the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health, which decreased total infections by about half, an updated analysis is warranted. We aimed to provide an updated viremic prevalence estimate for Switzerland and evaluate the impact on forecasted liver related morbidity and mortality of an 'inaction'

SUBMITTER: Mullhaupt B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6312389 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature