Coalition Supports a US National HCV Program

Coalition Supports a US National HCV Program

NBER Headline: Projected Health Benefits and Cost Savings from the US National Hep C Elimination Initiative

The Coalition for Global Hepatitis Elimination enthusiastically supports efforts to establish a US National HCV Elimination Program. We have two new publication announcements related to this initiative:

In the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER): A working paper co-authored by Coalition Director John Ward on the cost and lives saved by the proposed White House program to eliminate Hep C: https://www.nber.org/papers/w31139

And in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA): A Viewpoint article on the necessity of centering health equity in efforts to eliminate hepatitis C: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2804116