Open AccessThe contribution of telemedicine to hepatitis C elimination in a correctional facility
Author(s) -
G Jiménez Galán,
C Alía,
Milagros Vegue González,
Rosa M a García Berriguete,
Francisco Fernández González,
Conrado M Fernández Rodríguez,
Mario González Fernández,
María Luisa Gutiérrez García,
Juan Emilio Losa,
María Velasco,
Leonor Moreno,
Rafael Hervás,
Alberto DelgadoIribarren,
Gregorio Palacios García-Cervigón
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
revista española de enfermedades digestivas/revista española de enfermedades digestivas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 2340-4167
pISSN - 1130-0108
DOI - 10.17235/reed.2019.6152/2018
Subject(s) - medicine , telemedicine , referral , hepatitis c , population , hepatitis c virus , viremia , christian ministry , family medicine , health care , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , environmental health , virology , virus , philosophy , theology , economics , economic growth
micro-elimination has been recently proposed as an efficient strategy to achieve global hepatitis C virus (HCV) elimination. The Spanish Health Ministry Strategic Plan for hepatitis C infection highlighted intervention in prisons as a priority action. However, there are important barriers associated with the specialized care provision to the penitentiary population.