| THE EUROPEAN-UNION EFFORT AGAINST HEPATITIS C MUST BE REINFORCED |
| The European Union is supporting several large transnational research projects on viral hepatitis under the current fifth Research & Development Framework Program (Total: Euros 22,3 millions). These promising networks, which involve scientists from many European countries, have already achieved important progress in the understanding of the disease, in the setting up of new European databases and in the improvement of treatment management. However, hepatitis-related infections are still a worrying global health problem far from being solved with no HCV vaccine yet available and few measures in place to prevent new infections. ( Extract from a petition to EU, initiated by Dr. Jerome Weinbach) More details soon. J.Weinbach@lumc.nl
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