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Ruchika Sharma

Ruchika Sharma

Decision Resources Group, India

Title: Hepatitis C and Sustainable Development Goals 2030

Biography

Biography: Ruchika Sharma

Abstract

Introduction:. The WHO estimates 130-150 million people worldwide, living with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and the number is increasing despite improved treatment1. In 2016, the WHO released a global health sector strategy on viral hepatitis based on the Sustainable Development Goals 2030 report1. It enlists targets to be achieved with regard to HCV incidence, diagnosis and treatment, taking 2015 as the base year. This analysis aims to understand the global impact of successful achievement of the WHO targets on viremic prevalent cases.

Methods: HCV viremia is defined as the presence of HCV RNA in the serum. A systematic review of published literature was carried out to extract prevalence, incidence, and genotype distribution data for 45 countries, in addition to an analysis of NHANES data2. Extracted estimates were trended to 2015 based on current diagnosis and drug treatment scenarios. Percentage changes according to the WHO targets were applied to 2015 to arrive at the number of cases in 2020 and 2030.

Results: Between 2015 and 2030, there is a considerable decrease in the number of prevalent viremic cases modeled according to the WHO targets. In 2020, the viremic prevalence is highest in Africa (1.54) and lowest in North America (0.76). In 2030, the viremic prevalence ranges from 0.15 in North America to 1.0 in Africa.

Conclusion: If the WHO targets are achieved, there would be a considerable decrease in the burden of viremic HCV. Results should be interpreted from a global perspective to better understand inequitable differences in the burden of HCV across geographic regions.

Publications:

  1. WHO. World Health Organization. Global Health Sector Strategy on Viral Hepatitis: 2016–2021. Towards Ending Viral Hepatitis. www.who.int. 2016
  1. CDC. Centers for Disease Control. National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Data 2007-2014. https://wwwn.cdc.gov/nchs/nhanes/default.aspx. 2017
  1. Gower E, et al. Global epidemiology and genotype distribution of the hepatitis C virus infection. J Hepatol. 2014;61:S45-S57
  1. United Nations. Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2015 Revision. https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/Download/Standard/Popu. 2015
  1. DRG. Decision Resources Group. Epidemiology – Hepatitis C Virus – Mature Markets. 2017.