Tackling the Health Challenge posed by Hepatitis C in Puerto Rico: A Call for Immediate Public Health Actions

摘要: Within the past decade, researchers and hepatitis C specialists in Puerto Rico have highlighted burden of associated disease outcomes island to raise public awareness about this problem set out a call action tackle prevention control efforts, yet so far no concrete actions taken place. The population-based studies on documented that main risk factor is sharing syringes drug paraphernalia inject drugs, most seropositive individuals are unaware their infection status, there large knowledge deficits disease, its factors, measures control. subject further complicated by fact despite reporting mandatory, effective epidemiological surveillance system provide information needed for planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation intervention strategies access medical other existing therapies limited. This document addresses disparities HC V adverse experienced among Ricans attempts address health response at meso macro levels social-ecological model. Diverse organizations major stakeholders urged mount an adequate transforming current scientific evidence into increase awareness, identify those who actively infected, link infected comprehensive care treatment.