Eight years since the approval of the breakthrough treatment, sofosbuvir, which effectively cures hepatitis C, new direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) regimens have been approved and a variety of treatment access strategies have been used to increase countries’ access. More

The World Health Organization released its first guidelines on HCV self-testing strongly recommending offering self-testing as an additional approach to HCV testing services. More

The World Health Organization released first-ever global guidance for country validation of viral hepatitis B and C elimination, providing a framework for countries to measure their efforts in reaching high coverage of program interventions to ultimately confirm attainment of elimination. More

А short 2 minute animated video, developed by the Australasian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine (ASHM), and the Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales (UNSW), explains the different tests for hepatitis C and the meaning of the different test results. More

Of the 71 million people living with chronic hepatitis C, only ≈20% are aware of their status and less than 5% of people living in LMICs have been diagnosed. We need simpler & cheaper tests to scale up diagnosis! More

Advocates scandalized that Gilead’s hepatitis C profits have raked in US$25.8 billion, which could have treated everyone while still earning US$16 billion in profits. More