Bibliographic Info
GuidelineUpdated recommendations on treatment of adolescents and children with chronic HCV infection, and HCV simplified service delivery and diagnostics.
Year of Publication2022
Issuing InstitutionWorld Health Organization
Recommendation
Status
Maintained
Recommended in favor
Conditional
Certainty of evidence
Moderate
Assessment of HCV treatment response. Nucleic acid testing for qualitative or quantitative detection of HCV RNA should be used as test of cure at 12 or 24 weeks (i.e. sustained virological response (SVR12 or SVR24)) after completion of antiviral treatment
Also Featured In
This recommendation also appears in the following guidelines:
Originally Developed
Guideline
WHO guidelines on hepatitis B and C testing.
Year2017
InstitutionWHO
Guideline
Updated recommendations on simplified service delivery and disagnostics for hepititis C infection: policy brief.
Year2022
InstitutionWorld Health Organization