efforts to eliminate HCV infection
efforts to eliminate HCV infection
Learn about global efforts to eliminate hepatitis C.
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[MUSIC PLAYING] THOMAS REIBERGER: The projects that aim at micro-elimination must rethink the strategy, and I think it's really outside the hospitals where the micro-elimination strategies will have most success.
MICHAEL NINBURG: That access to testing, treatment, and cure just isn't there. Micro-elimination projects involve working in a community of people who inject drugs who otherwise are unlikely to access the services that they need. So the idea of micro-elimination, I think, is a critical step in the direction of general elimination and meeting the 2030 targets.
JULIO BURMAN: We have built a coalition. We are doing this with the Minister of Health and Minister of Social Affairs. This is something that has to be done by the system, not by the NGOs. Without the collaboration of the system, it's very difficult.
YURI SANCHEZ: Essentially having that commitment at that highest possible level and the policymakers-- the dedicated budgets from the Ministry of Health to ensure that HCV is a priority year in, year out. Every dollar you put towards elimination will be returned back with extra savings. And the earlier you do it, the bigger that return.
MICHAEL NINBURG: The consequences of inaction are tragic, pure and simple. We're at the place where we are in a relatively short period of time, but now comes the hard work.
YURI SANCHEZ: This is a unique opportunity, really, to change the lives of so many people. That is what keeps us all working towards a common goal on a patient.
MICHAEL NINBURG: That access to testing, treatment, and cure just isn't there. Micro-elimination projects involve working in a community of people who inject drugs who otherwise are unlikely to access the services that they need. So the idea of micro-elimination, I think, is a critical step in the direction of general elimination and meeting the 2030 targets.
JULIO BURMAN: We have built a coalition. We are doing this with the Minister of Health and Minister of Social Affairs. This is something that has to be done by the system, not by the NGOs. Without the collaboration of the system, it's very difficult.
YURI SANCHEZ: Essentially having that commitment at that highest possible level and the policymakers-- the dedicated budgets from the Ministry of Health to ensure that HCV is a priority year in, year out. Every dollar you put towards elimination will be returned back with extra savings. And the earlier you do it, the bigger that return.
MICHAEL NINBURG: The consequences of inaction are tragic, pure and simple. We're at the place where we are in a relatively short period of time, but now comes the hard work.
YURI SANCHEZ: This is a unique opportunity, really, to change the lives of so many people. That is what keeps us all working towards a common goal on a patient.