RE: $3.9bn Global market BooooooM23 Apr 2021 09:05
Approximately 71 million people worldwide are chronically infected with HCV, establishing it as one
of the world’s most common infectious diseases.
i More than 80% of these people live in LMICs.
Over the last fifteen years, mortality has steadily increased to over 400,000 deaths annually, in stark
contrast to the declining number of deaths seen for other infectious diseases such as HIV, TB and
malaria.ii Despite its high prevalence, morbidity and mortality, only 20% of HCV-infected persons
have been diagnosed and only 7% have received treatment worldwide.iii In LMICs, rates of
diagnosis and treatment are even lower.
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Figure 1: Cascade of care for HCV infection, by WHO