While there is no vaccine against hepatitis C, antiviral medicines can cure more than 95% of people with the disease.
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不安全注射对于丙型肝炎的传播具有重要影响，旁遮普是巴基斯坦第一个着手解决这一问题的省份。
Unsafe injections play a major role in transmitting hepatitis C. The Government of Punjab is the first province in Pakistan to address this issue by introducing a policy to ensure that 90 % of all syringes used in the health sector are auto-disable, meaning that they cannot be used more than once.
"The 2015 WHO Guidelines on Injection Safety recommend that all countries should switch to exclusive use of safety-engineered syringes," says Dr Arshad Altaf, injection safety expert at WHO.
"The policy switch in Punjab province is a step in the right direction and will play a key role in preventing reuse of syringes, a major risk factor in transmitting hepatitis C."
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扩大获得救命治疗方法
Expanding access to lifesaving treatment
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虽然预防是消除肝炎的关键，但获得检测和治疗对于拯救已经感染的人的生命至关重要。
While prevention is key in the fight to eliminate hepatitis, access to testing and treatment is essential to saving the lives of those people already infected.
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旁遮普省政府与PKLI的合作是公私伙伴关系在防控病毒性肝炎方面的一个良好例证。
The collaboration of Government of Punjab with PKLI is a good example of public private partnership for the prevention and control of viral hepatitis.
In just four months since this partnership has been developed, more than 10 000 patients have been tested for hepatitis B and C and, where needed, treated free of cost without discrimination.
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这项规划以世卫组织和美国疾病预防控制中心的指导为基础，现正扩大到旁遮普省的25个地区。
This programme, based on guidance from WHO and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is now being expanded to 25 districts across the province of Punjab.