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ArticleJournal of virus eradication2018

The role of the Primary Healthcare Network in Iran in hepatitis C virus elimination by 2030.

Masoud Behzadifar, Hasan Abolghasem Gorji, Aziz Rezapour, Nicola Luigi Bragazzi, Seyed Moayed Alavian

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Article in Journal of virus eradication, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  4. History of primary health care in Iran.Journal of preventive medicine and hygiene · 2023
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  5. Hepatitis B vaccination in Iran: Historical policies and programs.Journal of preventive medicine and hygiene · 2022
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  8. How are HCV-infected patients being identified in Brazil: a multicenter study.The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases : an official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Masoud BehzadifarDepartment of Health Services Management, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Hasan Abolghasem GorjiHealth Management and Economics Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Aziz RezapourHealth Management and Economics Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Nicola Luigi BragazziDepartment of Health Sciences (DISSAL), University of Genoa, Italy.
Seyed Moayed AlavianResearch Center for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases (BRCGL), Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated that about 71 million people in the world have chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) and 399,000 die every year due to cirrhosis and cancer caused by HCV. Despite efforts to prevent and control hepatitis, there are still many barriers. In September 2000, during a summit in New York organised by the United Nations, world leaders agreed on a set of achievable targets within a limited timeframe, with the goal of combating poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, destruction of the environment and of improving the status of women by 2015; these were known as the Millennium Development Goals. The Primary Health Care Network (PHCN) in Iran has played a very important role in health promotion but its achievements could be enhanced further by improving performance and implementing further changes. The WHO strives to achieve goals of sustainable development by 2030 in many countries, thereby raising awareness, encouraging greater community participation, mobilising resources, using evidence-based policies, and increasing screening services, care and treatment. The concept of the PHCN has been very successful in health promotion in Iran, and has provided a basis for accessible and high-quality services for all. Achieving HCV elimination by 2030 could be achieved with the support of the PHCN, and changes in management with regard to screening, prevention and treatment practices.

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Primary healthcare network, elimination, hepatitis C, Iran

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PMID30050683
PMCPMC6038132

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