Eliminating Hepatitis C from Egypt : 2017 update on current trends and policyrecommendations - policy brief (English)

Egypt is making historic headway against Hepatitis C, one of its most insidious killers. In 2016, roughly 40,000 Egyptians died of the disease, and nearly 4.5- 5 million are currently infected—the highest burden in the world for Egypt's population size. But the landscape has changed dramatically in the past few years. Following successful negotiations between the Egyptian government and drug makers in 2014, breakthrough medications known as direct-acting...

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Document Date
2018/01/01
Document Type
Working Paper
Report Number
123068
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Egypt, Arab Republic of,
Region
Middle East and North Africa,
Disclosure Date
2018/01/30
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Eliminating Hepatitis C from Egypt : 2017 update on current trends and policyrecommendations - policy brief
Keywords
global burden of disease

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Eliminating Hepatitis C from Egypt : 2017 update on current trends and policyrecommendations - policy brief (English). Egypt's viral hepatitis program Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/164381517333701631

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