Project Title: “Screening for Hepatitis C among Internally Displaced Persons”. Global Disease Detection Project Component; NCID, CDC;   01.05.2017 – 31.10.2017.

Project summary

a). Project Objectives:

Hepatitis C national elimination strategy implementation assistance with Hepatitis screening strengthening – in Internally Displaced Population Hepatitis C case detection.

b). Project implementation:

Screening on Hepatitis C and HIV infection of 5000 IDPs and conduct confirmatory laboratory analysis for positive cases.

c). Expected results:  

The proposed project will increase the case detection in Internally Displaced People and linkage to the HCV and HIV treatment and care services.