Research Article: Emergency department contribution to HCV elimination in the Iberian Peninsula
Introduction:
An estimated 58 million people have chronic hepatitis C infection (HCV), and about 1.5 million new infections are diagnosed annually worldwide [1]. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that in 2019, approximately 290,000 people died from hepatitis C, mostly as a result of cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (primary liver cancer) [1]. As a part of the first global health sector strategy on viral hepatitis (2016–2021), the WHO aims to eliminate viral hepatitis as a public health problem by reducing new…
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