AidsmapThe availability of direct-acting antivirals has led to a 50% reduction in new cases of hepatitis among people with HIV in some high-income settings, a six-country study presented this week at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2022) shows. The reduction is most pronounced in countries that had high hepatitis C incidence in people with HIV before making the drugs broadly available.
World Health Organization (WHO) targets for the elimination of hepatitis C by 2030 included the aim of reducing new cases by 30% by 2020. WHO has now adopted absolute targets for elimination, encouraging countries to aim for less than five new cases per 100,000 people and less than two new cases for every hundred people who inject drugs.
Read the full story at Aidsmap.
All Aidsmap reports from CROI 2022.
Source : Aidsmap
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