National Association of Community Health Centers

Group launches hepatitis C treatment program

Published in Lab Law Weekly, August 19th, 2005

The National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC), has launched a new initiative against the "silent killer" hepatitis C (HCV), concentrating efforts through local healthcare centers and seeking to treat patients before they develop potentially life-threatening symptoms.

Among the chronically infected, nearly 70% of patients will develop chronic liver disease, with Hepatitis C being the leading cause of liver transplants in the United States. The program was kicked off recently in Denver, Colorado, with a national HCV Educational Symposium for project participants, sponsored by The National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC), the program is...

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