IHS, Tribal and Urban Indian Primary Care Clinics are Curing Hepatitis C
Nurse practitioners, PAs, Pharmacists, and PCPs can treat most hepatitis c infected patients in an office based setting and be confident that the vast majority of the these patients will be cured. We have the rare opportunity to eliminate a potentially life threatening disease and hepatitis C treatment (HCV) administered by nonspecialist providers is as safe […]
Curing Hepatitis C
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a chronic infection that can cause liver damage and liver cancer. About 20,000 persons die from HCV each year. Hepatitis C is a preventable and curable disease. So why are so many people dying? Most HCV falls on baby boomers – those born from 1945 to 1965 – many of […]