Georgia has best indicators in revealing and medication for Hepatitis C – Amiran Gamkrelidze, Head of the National Center of Diseases Control and Public Health said.

Gamkrelidze provided explanations regarding the state program for the elimination of Hepatitis C, activated in 2015, during a press conference.

According to Gamkrelidze, about 1 750 000 people out of 2.8 million adults underwent through screening. 60% of the population is already examined. The 65 thousand people were involved in the program and the 58 thousand persons have already completed medication with 98, 7% of them in having fully eliminated the virus.

“This is an unprecedented achievement. Georgia is viewed as an exemplary country in the whole world,” Gamkrelidze claimed. He added that it would take additional 2-3 years for implementation of the plan prognosticated for 2020.

The terms of validity to the medicines in the value of 560 646 083 GEL, obtained free of charge within the framework of the state program for the elimination of Hepatitis C, have expired – read the conclusion of the State Audit published on January 10.

The decreased application of beneficiaries after July of 2017 as named by Social Service Agency is given in the document as being the main reason.