An evaluation of the hepatitis C testing, care and treatment program in the country of Georgia's corrections system, December 2013 - April 2015

• Main Authors: Aaron M. Harris (Author), Otar Chokoshvili (Author), Joshua Biddle (Author), Kostantine Turashvili (Author), Maia Japaridze (Author), Irma Burjanadze (Author), Tengiz Tsertsvadze (Author), Lali Sharvadze (Author), Marine Karchava (Author), Archil Talakvadze (Author), Ketevan Chakhnashvili (Author), Tamta Demurishvili (Author), Paata Sabelashvili (Author), Monique Foster (Author), Liesl Hagan (Author), Maia Butsashvili (Author), Juliette Morgan (Author), Francisco Averhoff (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The country of Georgia has a high burden of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, and prisoners are disproportionately affected. During 2013, a novel program offering no cost screening and treatment of HCV infection for eligible prisoners was launched. Methods The HCV treatm...