‘There are no symptoms until it’s too late’ – former addict warns cocaine users to get tested for hepatitis C
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‘There are no symptoms until it’s too late’ – former addict warns cocaine users to get tested for hepatitis C
People who snort cocaine — or have done so in the past — could have unwittingly contracted hepatitis C and should immediately get tested to avoid falling seriously ill, they have been warned.


It has been a common effort of the government and the autonomous communities, hepatologists say. The Alliance for the Elimination of Viral Hepatitis in Spain (AEHVE) has claimed "the great achievements" that Spain has achieved with the Strategic Plan for the Addressing of Hepatitis C in the SNS (PEAHC), of which 10 years have passed in 2025. The result: in a decade more than 172,400 people have been treated and cured, which has allowed it to red…
It has been a common effort of the government and the autonomous communities, hepatologists say. The Alliance for the Elimination of Viral Hepatitis in Spain (AEHVE) has claimed "the great achievements" that Spain has achieved with the Strategic Plan for the Addressing of Hepatitis C in the SNS (PEAHC), of which 10 years have passed in 2025. The result: in a decade more than 172,400 people have been treated and cured, which has allowed it to red…
Spain is on the verge of becoming the first country in the world to achieve the elimination of hepatitis C, after reducing the prevalence to 0.14 percent of the population, or fewer than 55,000 cases, according to […]

The prevalence in the population is 0.14%, meaning fewer than 55,000 people suffer from this disease; the Alliance for the Elimination of Viral Hepatitis in Spain expects the number to be zero by 2030. Mapping future pandemics
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