Mexico Seeks the “Elimination” of Hepatitis C as a Public Health Problem

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Hepatitis “C” is transmitted by contact with contaminated blood, sexual practices without a condom, sharing needles, equipment or devices for the consumption of psychoactive substances, blood transfusions or transplants performed before 1994, as well as by application of tattoos or perforations with non-sterilized materials, among others. Specialists of the Mexican Foundation for [...] The article Hepatitis C, curable if detected in time appeare…

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In the framework of the World Day Against Hepatitis, which is commemorated on 28 July, specialists from the Mexican Foundation for Hepatic Health (Fundhepa), warned of the need to join efforts to achieve the elimination of the hepatitis C virus (HCV). HCV is a public health problem, since it is [...]

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Mexico City. In Mexico, hepatitis C ranks fourth in the world in mortality and it is estimated that 600,000 Mexicans suffer from it, so the Ministry of Health of the country seeks to eliminate this curable disease as a public health problem, reported the National Center for the Prevention and Control of HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis (Censide).