Two years ago, the Government made a promise. Alongside 193 other countries it pledged to help eliminate the life-threatening Hepatitis C virus (HCV) by 2030. Then, in January, NHS England announced it was going one further: it will eliminate the virus by 2025, making us the first country in the world to do so.
These are certainly noble aims. But the burden of HCV is still growing. Some 160,000 people are infected in the UK, while a report last year found that only nine countries are set to hit the original 2030 target. The UK isn’t one of them.
These are certainly noble aims. But the burden of HCV is still growing. Some 160,000 people are infected in the UK, while a report last year found that only nine countries are set to hit the original 2030 target. The UK isn’t one of them.
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