| Literature DB >> 31352481 |
Kelly Safreed-Harmon1, Sarah Blach2, Soo Aleman3,4, Signe Bollerup5, Graham Cooke6, Olav Dalgard7,8, John F Dillon9, Gregory J Dore10, Ann-Sofi Duberg11, Jason Grebely10, Knut Boe Kielland12, Håvard Midgard13, Kholoud Porter14, Homie Razavi2, Mark Tyndall15, Nina Weis5,16, Jeffrey V Lazarus1,17.
Abstract
Cascade-of-care (CoC) monitoring is an important component of the response to the global hepatitis C virus (HCV) epidemic. CoC metrics can be used to communicate, in simple terms, the extent to which national and subnational governments are advancing on key targets, and CoC findings can inform strategic decision-making regarding how to maximize the progression of individuals with HCV to diagnosis, treatment, and cure. The value of reporting would be enhanced if a standardized approach were used for generating CoCs. We have described the Consensus HCV CoC that we developed to address this need and have presented findings from Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, where it was piloted. We encourage the uptake of the Consensus HCV CoC as a global instrument for facilitating clear and consistent reporting via the World Health Organization (WHO) viral hepatitis monitoring platform and for ensuring accurate monitoring of progress toward WHO's 2030 hepatitis C elimination targets.Entities:
Keywords: cascade of care; disease elimination; hepatitis C virus; monitoring; policy
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Year: 2019 PMID： 31352481 DOI： 10.1093/cid/ciz714
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Infect Dis ISSN： 1058-4838 Impact factor: 9.079