M. Hellard et al. Achieving hepatitis C elimination in Europe – To treatment scale-up and beyond

The implication of this work is that for many countries the elimination of hepatitis C as a public health threat is not going to happen by chance. A number of barriers need to be overcome, requiring a focused effort from governments and health services. The first barrier is that widespread treatment scale-up is currently precluded by restricted and inconsistent access policies in many European countries.3,4