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Table 1 HCV prevalence data by country

From: Hepatitis C in Eastern Europe and Central Asia: a survey of epidemiology, treatment access and civil society activity in eleven countries

Country (2016 total population)

National anti-HCV prevalence estimate (%)

Adult anti-HCV prevalence Gower, et al. (%)

Estimated number of anti-HCV+ people

Estimated anti-HCV prevalence among PWID (%)

Estimated anti-HCV prevalence among PLHIV (%)

Key populations specified

Armenia (2994400)

4

 

120,000

52.1

17.9

Migrants, PWID

Azerbaijan (9705600)

3.2

3.1

300,800

62.8

5.9

PWID

Belarus (9498700)

2–3

1.3

250,000

70–95

 

PWID

Georgia (3720400)

7.5

 

208,800

57–74

4.8

PWID, MSM, healthcare workers

Kazakhstan (17753200)

1.5–3

3.3

255,000–510,000

% not available (estimated 6049 people)

4.5

 

Kyrgyzstan (6019500)

4

2.5

220,000

45.2

80

 

Moldova (3553100)

1.7–4

4.5

60,000–142,000

35.3–65.4

4.6

PWID

Russia (146544710)

4

4.1

5,900,000

69

27

PWID

Tajikistan (8547000)

2.3

3.1

200,000

22.7–49.3

25.6% among HIV+ PWID

PWID

Ukraine (42708647)

5

 

2,135,000

55

 

PWID; hemophiliacs, hemodialysis patients; MSM; PMTCT clients

Uzbekistan (31575300)

6.5

 

1,800,000

36

 

Healthcare workers, PWID, patients receiving invasive treatment