Anti-HCV
Screen Rate
Anti-HCV(+)
Prevalence
HCV-RNA
Test Rate
Diagnosis
Rate
Treatment
Rate
0
100
0
100
0
100
0
100
0
100
0
100
Nation-wide
Anti-HCV
Screen Rate

72.8%

Nation-wide
Diagnosis
Rate

80.0%

Nation-wide
Treatment
Rate

95.0%

Target population
for Anti-HCV
screening2

10,797,801

Accumulative
No. of Anti-HCV
screened3

7,859,244

Accumulative
No. of HCV-RNA
tested3

340,861

Accumulative No.
of Treated (DAA
and/or Interferon)3

193,912

1. ML Yu, et al. Huge gap between clinical efficacy and community effectiveness in the treatment of chronic hepatitis C: a nationwide survey in Taiwan. Medicine 2015 (94): 13: e690
2. Taiwan government provides free screening for age group of 45-79 year-old.
3. The cumulative number of screenings and treatments, including all individuals aged 45-79.

Progress of HCV elimination in Taiwan Counties