https://www.scmp.com/rss/513193/feed Aninda Rahman is an epidemiologist and medicine graduate. He is the programme manager of the National Viral Hepatitis Control Programme under the Ministry of Health in Bangladesh. He is passionate about public health, has been involved with various national policy level activities, and wants to build his career in communicable disease control aspects. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com In 2013, a major medical breakthrough brought hope to sufferers of hepatitis C, a once tough-to-treat condition: the introduction of direct-acting antiviral drugs. For the first time, the infectious disease could be treated with a regime of pills, taken over a few months, with cure rates better than 95 per cent. The advancement seemed poised to transform the lives of millions worldwide living with the hepatitis C virus, drastically reducing the death and chronic health problems it... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3186300/political-will-needed-end-unnecessary-suffering-hepatitis-c?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3186300/political-will-needed-end-unnecessary-suffering-hepatitis-c?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 25 Jul 2022 10:30:20 +0000