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    NEJM Interview: Dr. William Haseltine on lessons from Egypt’s screening for hepatitis C in the context of its universal disease screening and treatment program.

    enMarch 18, 2020
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    About this Episode

    Dr. William Haseltine is the chairman and president of ACCESS Health International. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. W.A. Haseltine. Universal Disease Screening and Treatment — The Egyptian Example. N Engl J Med 2020;382:1081-1083.

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