Hepatitis C virus cascade of care among adults in Sindh province, Pakistan: Findings from 2019–2020 household sero-survey

Tesfa Sewunet Alamneh, Josephine G Walker, Aaron G Lim, Ejaz Alam, Saeed Hamid, Graham R Foster, Naheed Choudhry, M Azim Ansari, Huma Qureshi and Peter Vickerman

PLOS Global Public Health, 2025, vol. 5, issue 7, 1-12

Abstract: Pakistan has the largest national burden of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections (9.8 million). High levels of testing and treatment are needed to achieve HCV elimination, but little data exists on this in Pakistan. A household sero-survey from Sindh province (2019–2020) collected self-reported data from adults on previous HCV testing and treatment, and undertook HCV-antibody (HCV-Ab) testing of participants (2988 children ( 25 years), and adults with a secondary or higher education level were more likely to have ever been tested for HCV, as were individuals with a family history of hepatitis, received HBV vaccination or that had various risk factors linked to HCV transmission (e.g., blood transfusion, having tattoo/acupuncture, hospitalisation or therapeutic injection (s) history). The cascade-of-care for HCV needs improving to eliminate HCV in Pakistan, especially among younger adults, women and people with low education levels.

Date: 2025
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