What can be done in Belgium for fighting against hepatitis C ?

Belgium is a federal country with three regions and three communities. Competences of Regions are based on territories, while competences of communities are based on language-speaking. Health care is paid and managed by the federal administration of Public Health and Social Affairs as well. Preventive care, such as vac- cinations and screening, are performed by the communi- ties. A perverse side-effect of this repartition is that, if prevention avoids mortality and costs, benefits and return are for the federal administration. Thus, benefits of prevention are not fully perceived as they should be. Nevertheless, the federal government now assists com- munities in prevention programs such as screening of breast cancer or childhood vaccination.