[projekktor id=’12355′]

A global push to help those living with hepatitis c. The World Health Organization is calling for a concerted effort to make new hepatitis c drugs more affordable. Treatments for the disease have become far more effective in recent years, with cure rates well above 90%. However, the cost for new medications is too high for many of the millions affected.

Dr. Stephan Wiktor is with the Global Hepatitis Program: “Currently the medicines are very expensive. And it’s going to take a concerted action — a concerted effort by many organizations working together, to bring these prices down so that as many people who need these medicines can receive them.”

According to the WHO, as many as half a million people die each year of hepatitis c infection.