Healthcare and the Preventable Silent Killer: The Growing Epidemic of Hepatitis C in Pakistan

Affiliations

¹ Global Institute for Health and Human Rights (GIHHR), University at Albany, New York, United States; Department of Public Administration and Policy, Rockefeller College, University at Albany, New York, United States; School of Criminal Justice, University at Albany, New York, United States; Department of Health Policy, Management and Behavior, School of Public Health, University at Albany, New York, United States.
² Global Institute for Health and Human Rights (GIHHR), University at Albany, New York, United States; Department of Public Administration and Policy, Rockefeller College, University at Albany, New York, United States.
³ School of Criminal Justice, University at Albany, New York, United States.
⁴ Global Institute for Health and Human Rights (GIHHR), University at Albany, New York, United States; Department of Health Policy, Management and Behavior, School of Public Health, University at Albany, New York, United States.

Comment

Kamiar Alaei et al. Hepat Mon. 2016.

. 2016 Oct 15;16(11):e41262.

doi: 10.5812/hepatmon.41262. eCollection 2016 Nov.

¹ Global Institute for Health and Human Rights (GIHHR), University at Albany, New York, United States; Department of Public Administration and Policy, Rockefeller College, University at Albany, New York, United States; School of Criminal Justice, University at Albany, New York, United States; Department of Health Policy, Management and Behavior, School of Public Health, University at Albany, New York, United States.
² Global Institute for Health and Human Rights (GIHHR), University at Albany, New York, United States; Department of Public Administration and Policy, Rockefeller College, University at Albany, New York, United States.
³ School of Criminal Justice, University at Albany, New York, United States.
⁴ Global Institute for Health and Human Rights (GIHHR), University at Albany, New York, United States; Department of Health Policy, Management and Behavior, School of Public Health, University at Albany, New York, United States.

No abstract available

Keywords: HCV; Integration; Pakistan, Medical Education; Syringe Use.

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