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Review
. 2021 Feb;18(2):91-92.
doi: 10.1038/s41575-020-00392-3.

Hepatitis C virus elimination: laying the foundation for achieving 2030 targets

Gregory J Dore  1 , Sahar Bajis  2
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Hepatitis C virus elimination: laying the foundation for achieving 2030 targets

Gregory J Dore et al. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2021 Feb.

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Abstract

The World Health Organization’s targets for hepatitis C elimination by 2030 are ambitious, but, in 2020, global leadership demonstrated by Egypt, innovative strategies to improve linkage to treatment for marginalized populations and the broadened capacity of direct-acting antiviral therapy have been promising for enhanced global elimination efforts.

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Conflict of interest statement

G.J.D. is an advisory board member and receives honorarium from Gilead, Merck and Abbvie, has received research grant funding from Gilead, Merck and Abbvie, and travel sponsorship from Gilead, Merck and Abbvie. S.B. declares no competing interests.

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Fig. 1. Cascade of HCV care in Egypt.
Oct 2018–Sep 2019. HCV, hepatitis C virus. Data from ref..
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