HCV in Egypt

Egypt has the largest epidemic of HCV in the world.
The prevalence of HCV in Egypt is 14.7%
New data on HCV in Egypt Click here
How to prevent HCV transmission in Egypt: Click here
How HCV is transmitted in Egypt and in general Click here
How an individual can learn to protect themselves from infection in Egypt Click here
General information about HCV in Egypt Click here
General information about HCV worldwide Click here
There is NO justification for Egyptians to be tested for HCV for employment Click here
Information on HCV control projects in Egypt and how to contribute to these projects - see below
The website is a work in progress. Soon we hope to have the entire web site in Arabic as well.
Recently we included a webpage on Prevention in Arabic. عربى
Reference materials and useful links - Travel to Egypt
Visit the University of Pittsburgh WHO Collaborating Center Supercourse lecture on HCV in Egypt

Changing prevention from people to providers

Hepatitis C virus awareness programs in

Egypt

Public health hepatitis C virus awareness programs are not working.

This is because these awareness programs are directed at the general public when instead awareness should be directed to all health care providers.

HCV is spread by blood. The most likely place a person in the community, especially in Egypt will be exposed to blood is from medical or dental care providers. Primary prevention of HCV requires that doctors and dentist and their assistants and their clinics have to be clean and free of blood. All instruments and needles and syringes have to be sterile. This is the problem because the providers are not taking care to make sure that the patients are not being exposed to blood from other patients which may have the HCV virus.

Read the new report

Fighting Hepatitis C in Egypt

published in

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