Year 2021 / Volume 113 / Number 2
Letter
The Screening Guidelines for Hepatitis C Virus Infection as a milestone in the path towards hepatitis C virus elimination

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DOI: 10.17235/reed.2021.7736/2020

José Luis Calleja Panero, Rafael Esteban,

Abstract
The publication of the Screening Guidelines for Hepatitis C Virus Infection represents a significant milestone in the path towards eliminating this infectious condition. As early as 2015, the National Health System Plan for Tackling Hepatits C (Plan estratégico para el abordaje de la hepatitis C — PEAHC) pointed out the need to define a screening policy. The Health Ministry has managed to bring together all the actors involved, and to create a technical document that represents a benchmark in the definition of the actions needed to identify and bring treatment closer to a significant number of patients diagnosed with hepatitis C who remain untreated.
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Publication history

Received: 17/12/2020

Accepted: 27/01/2021

Online First: 29/01/2021

Published: 08/02/2021

Article revision time: 1 days

Article Online First time: 43 days

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