Imperial College London
Professor Robert Wilkinson

ProfessorRobertWilkinson

Faculty of Medicine, Department of Infectious Disease

Professor in Infectious Diseases
 
 
 
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Contact

 

r.j.wilkinson Website

 
 
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Location

 

Commonwealth BuildingHammersmith Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Heffernan:2017:ofid/ofx252,
author = {Heffernan, A and Barber, E and Cook, NA and Gomaa, AI and Harley, YX and Jones, CR and Lim, AG and Mohamed, Z and Nayagam, AS and Ndow, G and Shah, R and Sonderup, M and Spearman, CW and Waked, I and Wilkinson, RJ and Taylor-Robinson, SD},
doi = {ofid/ofx252},
journal = {Open Forum Infectious Diseases},
title = {Aiming at the Global Elimination of Viral Hepatitis: Challenges along the Care Continuum},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx252},
volume = {5},
year = {2017}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - A recent international workshop, organised by the authors, analysed the obstacles facing the ambitious goal of eliminating viral hepatitis globally. We identified several policy areas critical to reaching elimination targets. These include: providing hepatitis B birth-dose vaccination to all infants within 24 hours of birth; preventing the transmission of blood-borne viruses through the expansion of national haemovigilance schemes; implementing the lessons learnt from the HIV epidemic regarding safe medical practices to eliminate iatrogenic infection; adopting point-of-care testing to improve coverage of diagnosis; and providing free or affordable hepatitis C treatment to all. We introduce Egypt as a case study for rapid testing and treatment scale-up: this country offers valuable insights to policy makers internationally, not only regarding how hepatitis C interventions can be expeditiously scaled-up, but also as a guide for how to tackle the problems encountered with such ambitious testing and treatment programmes.
AU  - Heffernan,A
AU  - Barber,E
AU  - Cook,NA
AU  - Gomaa,AI
AU  - Harley,YX
AU  - Jones,CR
AU  - Lim,AG
AU  - Mohamed,Z
AU  - Nayagam,AS
AU  - Ndow,G
AU  - Shah,R
AU  - Sonderup,M
AU  - Spearman,CW
AU  - Waked,I
AU  - Wilkinson,RJ
AU  - Taylor-Robinson,SD
DO  - ofid/ofx252
PY  - 2017///
SN  - 2328-8957
TI  - Aiming at the Global Elimination of Viral Hepatitis: Challenges along the Care Continuum
T2  - Open Forum Infectious Diseases
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx252
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/53516
VL  - 5
ER  -
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