The Health Ministry will receive a USD 200 mn loan from the World Bank to conduct a comprehensive nationwide survey on the prevalence of Hepatitis C, according to Minister Ahmed Rady. The 25-year loan comes in support of a national plan to eliminate the virus from the country by the end of 2020. Rady had said in January that the ministry was studying an offer for a USD 500 mn World Bank loan to support the provision of treatment for hepatitis C.

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