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Japan MHLW Offers Financial Aid To Hepatitis Patients

This article was originally published in PharmAsia News

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Last April, Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare started an aid program to provide financial help to hepatitis patients undergoing antiviral interferon treatment. However, the condition on household income has prevented many from using the program. So far, out of 100,000 planned aid recipients, only 22,000 have signed up. MHLW has decided to lower the income requirement by ¥10,000 to ¥50,000 so more people can qualify for the aid beginning this April. (Click here for more - Japanese language

Last April, Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare started an aid program to provide financial help to hepatitis patients undergoing antiviral interferon treatment. However, the condition on household income has prevented many from using the program. So far, out of 100,000 planned aid recipients, only 22,000 have signed up. MHLW has decided to lower the income requirement by ¥10,000 to ¥50,000 so more people can qualify for the aid beginning this April. (Click here for more - Japanese language)

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