The fourth batch of drugs against hepatitis C sent from Egypt arrived in Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan Airways supplied the fourth batch of the drug “Daklatasvir” from Sharm ash-Sheikh to Tashkent free of charge against hepatitis C allocated by the Egyptian government as humanitarian aid.

This action was carried out by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the country's embassy in Cairo and the airline Uzbekistan Airways. The importation of this cargo is a practical result of previously achieved agreements between Uzbekistan and Egypt within the framework of further intensification of health cooperation, the organization of mutual support in the direction of Virology.

With a total cost of us $ 34,930, more than 17,000 “Daklatasvir” drugs are distributed among patients treated by the Research Institute of Virology under the Ministry of Health.

The first batch of these drugs was brought on April 29, the second batch on May 6, and the third batch on may 14. 

In early April, it was reported that 1 million residents of Uzbekistan were screened against types B and C of viral hepatitis. In these tests, treatment measures are carried out in 10.5 thousand patients with confirmed cases of viral hepatitis C.