Huaiyang Zhong, Alec Aaron, Lindsey Hiebert, Janvier Serumondo, Yueran Zhuo, Madeline Adee, Gallican N Rwibasira, John W Ward, Jagpreet Chhatwal
OBJECTIVE: In 2018, Rwanda launched a national program to eliminate the hepatitis C virus (HCV). We aim to assess the impact of the program to date and identify strategies to achieve the World Health Organization's HCV elimination goals by 2030. METHODS: We developed a microsimulation model to simulate Rwanda's HCV epidemic from 2015 through 2050 and evaluated temporal trends in HCV infection, prevalence, mortality, and the total cost of care for scenarios that could achieve HCV elimination by 2030...
March 14, 2024: Value in Health: the Journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research