The consensus hepatitis C cascade of care: standardized reporting to monitor progress toward elimination
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Type
Journal Article
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 HCV-infected individuals to diagnosis, treatment and cure. The value of reporting would be enhanced if reporting entities utilized a standardized approach for generating their 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 ensuring the accurate monitoring of progress toward WHO’s 2030 hepatitis C elimination targets.</jats:p>
Date Issued
2019-12-15
Date Acceptance
2019-07-26
Citation
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2019, 69 (12), pp.2218-2227
ISSN
1058-4838
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Start Page
2218
End Page
2227
Journal / Book Title
Clinical Infectious Diseases
Volume
69
Issue
12
Copyright Statement
© 2019 Oxford University Press. This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in Clinical Infectious Diseases following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version Kelly Safreed-Harmon, Sarah Blach, Soo Aleman, Knut Boe Kielland, Signe Bollerup, Graham Cooke, Olav Dalgard, John F Dillon, Gregory J Dore, Ann-Sofi Duberg, Jason Grebely, Håvard Midgard, Kholoud Porter, Homie Razavi, Mark Tyndall, Nina Weis, Jeffrey V Lazarus, The Consensus Hepatitis C Cascade of Care: standardized reporting to monitor progress toward elimination, Clinical Infectious Diseases, , ciz714, is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciz714
Sponsor
Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Wellcome Trust
National Institute for Health Research
Identifier
https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciz714/5540024
Grant Number
PO 0501154372
MR/P025064/1
206296/Z/17/Z
RP-2016-07-012
Subjects
cascade of care
disease elimination
hepatitis C virus
monitoring
policy
06 Biological Sciences
11 Medical and Health Sciences
Microbiology
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2019-07-28