Management of chronic Hepatitis C at a primary health clinic in the high-burden Context of LAHORE, Pakistan

Abstract

The burden of hepatitis C (HCV) infection in Pakistan is among the highest in the world, with a reported national HCV prevalence of 6.7% in 2014.In specific populations ,such as in urban communities in LAHORE, the prevalence is suspected to be higher. Interferon-free treatment for chronic HCV infection (CHC) could allow scale up, simplification and decentralization of treatment to such communities.

We present an interim analysis over the course of February-December 2015 of an interferon-free, decentralized CHC program in the community clinic in Machar Colony,

LAHORE, Pakistan.