AUSTRALIA is on track to eliminate hepatitis C by 2030, along with 11 other countries, according to international researchers presenting data at the Global Hepatitis Summit 2018.
They say screening and diagnosing new patients will be key if countries are to stay on track, including Australia which estimates that 80% of its HCV infected population has been diagnosed, and it is running out of patients.
The other 11 countries estimated to acheive the 2030 WHO objective are Italy, Spain, Switzerland, the UK, Mongolia, Egypt, France, Georgia, Iceland, Japan and the Netherlands.
"Screening and diagnosing new patients is the key factor," said CDA Foundation md Dr Homie Razavi.
Some countries are "simply not screening sufficient number of patients to maintain their treatment rate," explained Razavi, adding that if treatment numbers continued to decline, they would not acheive their 2030 targets.
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