Close to 8% of the Georgian population is living with hepatitis C, an infection that can lead to serious liver problems, including cancer. Georgia, a country nestled against the Black Sea between Turkey and Russia with a population of 3.7 million, has since taken on a public health effort to help reduce …
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Georgia’s Future Without Hepatitis C: Georgia Has Made It
Throughout next year, 20 000 people will be involved in the program of the treatment of hepatitis C, – Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili stated at the meeting with patients participating in the program of elimination of hepatitis С. Giorgi Kvirikashvili noted that the engagement of this number of people in …
Read More »Bloomberg: Gilead Provides Georgia With Sovaldi for Free, Claiming Virus Could Be Eliminated in 10 years or Less
Media giant Bloomberg writes an article about American Biopharmaceutical company Gilead which provides Georgia with Hepatitis C drug Sovaldi, already for two years. We make a good target,” says Alton, Gilead’s executive vice president of corporate and medical affairs. It starts with his team looking at the map through the lens …
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