Persons In Poland Research Articles

Health Attitudes of Women Living in Religious Communities-A Preliminary Study.

Members of consecrated life communities exhibit homogeneity with regard to factors that are relevant to health, including diet, daily activities, religiosity, and housing. This may be indicative of the manner in which the community influences the formation of the health-seeking attitudes of its members. The objective of this study was to validate a survey about health awareness and health-seeking attitudes among consecrated people and to identify potential issues to be improved. In addition, the study aspires to provide insights into the lifestyles of consecrated persons in Poland, based on the results of the survey and available data. The study group included 27 female participants, members of societies of apostolic life and non-habitual apostolic religious congregations of the Roman Catholic Church. The participants were invited to express their comments and suggestions on the survey, with the purpose of validating the survey before using it as a tool for a larger study. All participants agreed that nutrition, rest, and physical activity had a significant impact on health. A total of 89% of participants considered their lifestyle as healthy and a similar proportion indicated that living in a consecrated community had a positive impact on their health, with the most positive influence of factors related to spiritual exercise, rhythm of the day, and sense of interpersonal connection within the community. Approximately 44% of participants indicated that their attitude was based on a healthy diet and adequate sleep quality. However, they identified an existing need to improve the balance between work and rest. Additionally, 4% of respondents admitted irregular eating habits, ignoring quality of alimentary products, non-satisfactory rest time, and insufficient sleep. Even though the purpose of this study was only to validate a survey predestined for a larger study, it already gives an insight into the level of awareness of health behavior and lifestyle of residents of religious communities.

LARGE DIVERGENCES IN TARGET GROUPS OF ESH 2023 BP-LOWERING STRATEGIES IN OLDEST-OLD PATIENTS ACCORDING TO THEIR FUNCTIONAL AND/OR FRAILTY STATUS

Objective: Treatment individualization is part of good clinical practice. Part of it is medication de-escalation in older adults with limited life expectancy or advanced frailty syndrome. The 2023 ESH guidelines for treatment of hypertension, for the first time made provision for tailored medication use based on functionality and age of the patient. We aimed to assess whether the 2023 ESH Guidelines strategy for antihypertensive treatment individualization aligns with the widely adopted treatment strategy based solely on frailty status. Design and method: We used data from a cross-sectional, nationwide survey of health determinants in non-institutionalized older persons in Poland that was conducted from 2018 to 2019 (PolSenior2). For the current analysis, we extracted data for hypertensive persons aged 80 years and older. Based on Fried criteria we categorized participants into fit, pre-frail, and frail. The Mini-Mental State Examination was used to screen for cognitive impairment, and the basic Activities of Daily Living for functional screening. We also checked the classification-assignment based on the ESH 2023 functional categorization (fit, slowed but autonomous for most activities, severely dependent) that is proposed for assessment of eligibility to tailored antihypertensive treatment. We then checked the concordance between the classifications. Results: The mean (SD) age of 1458 participants (52% women) was 86.0 (4.7). According to Fried’s definition, 47.9% were pre-frail and 46.4% frail, respectively. Based on the ESH 2023 approach, 10.3% of participants were classified as severely dependent who required treatment individualization and prioritization (91.3% of them frail) and 66.3% as fit who should be treated as usual (59.2% of them pre-frail and 33.1% frail, according to Fried’s frailty criteria). We found the correlation between the two classifications to be low (Spearman’s r=0.39, p<0.05) with the kappa coefficient of 0.11 (p<0.05). Conclusions: In the community-dwelling hypertensives, aged 80+ years, who are candidates for individualized antihypertensive therapy, there was discrepancy between frailty status and the ESH 2023 functional criteria for antihypertensive treatment individualization. A thoughtful approach should be taken to standardize the methodological concepts and fine-tune them according to specific clinical needs.

Global Elimination of HCV-Why Is Poland Still So Far from the Goal?

Eradication of HCV in the global population remains one of the greatest challenges faced by the WHO. An insufficient level of knowledge and the lack of a national screening test strategy are obstacles to HCV eradication. This work aimed to summarize surveys assessing risk factors and awareness of the respondents regarding the prevention and course of HCV infection. The summary also includes the most important European and global attempts at eliminating HCV. A cross-sectional, population-based study was conducted in the Mazowieckie district in Poland using anonymous surveys and conducted on people who willingly reported for a test. In the study cohort of n = 7397 adults, there were 5412 women (73.16%). The analysis of the quota sample (n = 1303) reflected the actual proportions in the population of the Mazowieckie Voivodeship. Insufficient knowledge about HCV decreases the probability of higher detection of infections, fast diagnostics, and treatment. According to the WHO model, assuming a 90% detection rate and treatment of 80% of infected by 2030, and taking into account 120-150 thousand infected persons in Poland, the number of detections of HCV should be increased 4-5 times and all diagnosed persons should be offered antiviral treatment.

Historia edukacji osób autystycznych w Polsce na tle zmian zachodzących wokół zaburzenia ze spektrum autyzmu

The text is an attempt to organize the knowledge about the history of education of autistic persons in Poland, and to present this process against the background of changes taking place around the autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The three most important events in this area are: the new conceptualization of this disorder in the International Classification of Diseases, 11th Revision, the implementation to the standard of education of teachersmajoring in the education and therapy of persons with the autism spectrum disorder, and the demise of Professor Tadeusz Gałkowski, a researcher and activist who was the first to recognise this disorder in Poland.

Life insurance with insurance capital funds as a form retirement savings: Determinants for the self-employed

Reduction of the public pension system generosity should encourage all future retirees to accumulate private retirement savings. They have many options in this area, both dedicated pension programs (pension pillars), and a whole range of financial market investment instruments (non-pillar solutions). The main objective of the paper was the empirical identification of factors that determine the level and propensity to save in the form of life insurance with insurance capital funds for retirement purposes by self-employed persons in Poland. The microeconomic perspective of considerations was adopted in the research process. On the basis of a review of economic literature, a set of individual characteristics that affect savings decisions of natural persons was distinguished, then an attempt was made to find out whether the same groups of factors also determined the individual decisions of self-employed persons regarding saving for retirement in the form of insurance capital funds. The following research hypothesis was verified: Ownership of retirement savings in the form of life insurance with insurance capital funds by self-employed natural persons in Poland is determined both by social and economic factors, and the impact of these factors varies. The empirical study showed that the accumulation of retirement savings by self-employed persons in the form of life insurance with insurance capital funds was the least important way to supplement the future pension from the public pillar. Self-employed persons are characterized by a relatively high propensity to save for retirement (higher than the average propensity to save in Poland), prefer non-pillar forms of collecting voluntary savings for retirement, primarily in the form of real estate. The strength of the social and economic factors varies.

Prawa rzeczowe przysługujące obywatelom Ukrainy na tle obowiązujących w Polsce norm kolizyjnych

Mass inflow of Ukrainian citizens into Poland gives rise to many legal issues, including conflict-of-law questions about rights in rem held by such persons both in respect of property left in Ukraine and property brought to Poland. In the context of the prolonged stay of such persons in Poland, one crucial task may be, for example, to establish the law applicable to the disposal of their property brought to Poland under legal acts made in Poland.The Agreement between the Republic of Poland and Ukraine on legal aid and legal relationships in civil and criminal matters, done at Kiev on 24 May 1993, applicable in Polish-Ukrainian relations, devotes several provisions to those questions.However, the Agreement ignores the question of the law applicable to property law relationships having movable items as their objects. In particular, it does not designate the law applicable to contracts transferring the ownership of movable assets and contracts encumbering such assets with limited rights in rem. The relevant norms in this regard are conflict-of-law rules of the Polish Act of 04 February 2011 — Private International Law, and of the Ukrainian confl ict-of-law Act of 23 June 2005, designating the law applicable to property.Accordingly, as long as movable items are located in Poland, Polish law will apply with regard to the respective property law relationships. This is provided for in Article 41 (1) of the Private International Law Act. However, Polish law will not apply to obligational and property rights having as their object immovable properties located in Ukraine, which is covered by Article 32 of the Agreement of 24 May 1993. In this regard, Ukrainian law is exclusively applicable.Under Article 41 (2) of the Private International Law Act, in the assessment of legal relationships relating to a movable property brought to Poland from Ukraine, one should also consider legal events taking place when the asset in question was still in Ukraine. However, the assessment of legal events having an impact on property law relationships taking place in Poland and relating to movable items brought back to Ukraine will be based on the Ukrainian law.

Post COVID-19 acquired haemophilia A treated with recombinant porcine factor VIII

Acquired haemophilia A (AHA) is a rare bleeding disorder resulting from autoimmune reactionagainst factor VIII, which may occur in patients with viral infections. Treatment withrecombinant porcine factor VIII has been proven to be effective amongst patients with AHA.Its effectiveness is enhanced by the possibility of adjusting the dosage to the peak and troughlevels of factor VIII.We present here a case report of a patient who developed AHA three months afterSars-Cov-2 infection. He was the one of the first persons in Poland to be treated with rpFVIII.

Sexuality beyond Chastity: Negotiating Gender Intimacy and Sexuality within Roman Catholic Religious Communities in Poland

In late modernity both religion and sexuality are being elaborated in terms of reflexivity. In this article, we present findings from our research on the topic of constructions of gender, intimacy and sexuality by sisters and brothers in Catholic monasteries in Poland. The findings are based on the mixed-method transformative connection between qualitative (n = 92) and representative sample quantitative research (n = 1543) conducted in 2020. We studied reflexivity on gender, intimacy and sexuality within Catholic religious communities in Poland in order to understand how gender, intimacy and sexuality are presented in the institutionalized framework of religious life. Our study demonstrates that reflexivity on gender, intimacy and sexuality is highly institutionalised and deeply privatized within Catholic religious communities. The article shows that reflexivity of consecrated persons in Poland on gender, intimacy and sexuality is strongly shaped by religious norms (chastity) and subordinated to their religious roles.

When Family Policy Doesn’t Work: Motives and Welfare Attitudes Among Childfree Persons in Poland

The primary goal of this article was to analyse the welfare attitudes of people self‐declaring as childless by choice alongside the exploration of their social experience as childfree persons in the context of a rapid increase in the generosity of pro‐natalist public policies in Poland. The analysis is based on semi‐structured interviews conducted with 19 respondents recruited via Facebook network groups. Thematic analysis was applied identifying six general themes: “satisfied and never had the need”; “dealing with social pressure”; “family measures—yes, but not this way”; “unfair treatment of the childfree”; “towards welfare state for all”; and “change my mind? Never, even if offered one million dollars.” The research demonstrated that childfree persons present favourable views on state support for families with children. While critical of cash‐based family support, respondents have a clear preference for investing in services enabling women to participate in the labour market. Finally, if public policies aimed at removing barriers to parenthood were strengthened, this would not change the respondents’ minds about procreation.

The Efficiency of Drones Usage for Safety and Rescue Operations in an Open Area: A Case from Poland

The use of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) is becoming increasingly frequent during search and rescue (SAR) operations conducted to find missing persons. These systems have proven to be particularly useful for operations executed in the wilderness, i.e., in open and mountainous areas. The successful implementation of those systems is possible thanks to the potential offered by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), which help achieve a considerable reduction in operational times and consequently allow a much quicker finding of lost persons. This is crucial to enhance their chances of survival in extreme conditions (withholding hydration, food and medicine, and hypothermia). The paper presents the results of a preliminary assessment of a search and rescue method conducted in an unknown terrain, where groups were coordinated with the use of UAVs and a ground control station (GCS) workstation. The conducted analysis was focused on assessing conditions that would help minimise the time of arrival of the rescue team to the target, which in real conditions could be a missing person identified on aerial images. The results of executed field tests have proven that the time necessary to reach injured persons can be substantially shortened if imaging recorded by UAV is deployed, as it considerably enhances the chance of survival in an emergency situation. The GCS workstation is also one of the crucial components in the search system, which assures image transmission from the UAV to participants of the search operation and radio signal amplification in a difficult terrain. The effectiveness of the search system was tested by comparing the arrival times of teams equipped with GPS and a compass and those not equipped with such equipment. The article also outlined the possibilities of extending the functionality of the search system with the SARUAV module, which was used to find a missing person in Poland.

Sickness absence during the COVID-19 pandemic

The aim of this research was to perform comparative analysis of the publicly avaiable data of the Social Insurance Institution (ZUS) on sickness absence of insured persons in Poland in 2016-2021 (before the outbreak and during the COVID-19 pandemic).
 Materials and methods. The research material consisted of data from the Social Insurance Institution for the years 2016-2021 (Q1) concerning the sickness absence of the insured. Due to the publication of data in an aggregated form, quantitative analysis was performed instead of statistical analysis. The data used in the analysis included the number of insured persons, the number of people receiving sickness benefits, the number of issued medical certificates on temporary incapacity to work and the reasons for the incapacity to work.
 Results and Conclusion. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, following numbers have increased compared to 2019: the number of people receiving sickness benefit in Poland (by 10%), the number of days of sickness absence (by 7%) and the number of issued medical certificates of temporary incapacity for work (by 4%). The largest increase in the number of beneficiaries, the number of days of sickness absence and the number of medical certificates was recorded in the Q4 of 2020 (respectively by 21%, 16% and 24% compared to Q4 of 2019). Due to COVID-19, 4.84 million days of sickness absence were used in 2020 – it was the tenth cause of absence.
 The largest changes in the number of people receiving sickness benefit and the number of days of sickness absence can be observed in Q1 and Q4, which may result from the seasonality of COVID-19 and the subsequent wave of infections. Importantly, COVID-19 is not the only factor contributing overall increase in the number of days of sickness absence in Poland – absence due to non-communicable diseases also increased during the pandemic.

The Determinants of Self-Employment - Evidence from Self-Employed Persons in Poland

Purpose: The primary purpose of the research is to build a model that makes it possible to define the categories of entities through which self-employment is used as a form of tax optimization. This would facilitate the creation of more efficient tax instruments that prevent false self-employment without discouraging real entrepreneurship. Design/Methodology/Approach: The research method is a survey carried out from September 2020 on a representative sample of 400 Polish self-employed persons representing specific trades. Subsequently, machine learning classification algorithms were implemented to find factors characterizing self-employed persons with different tax-optimization attitudes. Findings: The research results have shown that classification and regression tree (CART) and bootstrap aggregation (bagging) tree models can be helpful to determine whether a self-employed person is likely to use self-employment as a tax optimization method. The three main factors determining classification are the self-employed person’s attitude towards risk, the industry in which they work, and the length of their business experience. Practical Implications: The research performed made it possible to identify factors that affect self-employed people’s attitude towards reducing their tax burden, in particular, to verify the scope of taxpayers becoming self-employed to reduce their tax burden (treating self-employment as a form of tax optimization), and to determine whether there is a way to shape tax rules to encourage entrepreneurship while minimizing the risk of abuse such as forcing employees to become self-employed or people registering as self-employed to avoid taxation. Originality/Value: I have proposed the opposite than pervious approach: this research is performed among self-employed persons to extend knowledge about their attitude toward becoming self-employed. This approach should be more efficient in understanding the process of individual decision-making between becoming an employee or self-employed.

On Walls and Bridges: Divisions and Bonds in the Polish Trans Community

ABSTRACT Two widely recognized transgender identity formations—the medical model, which emerged from the findings of mid-twentieth-century sexologist Harry Benjamin and is reliant on incremental hormonal and surgical interventions, and the social construct model, which relies on experiential standpoint within a poststructural frame—are often considered dichotomous, even oppositional, categories within the transgender social movement. Such political positioning suggests that they operate for their adherents as adversarial Foucauldian “regimes of truth.” This is demonstrated in the following recent study of transgender persons in Poland. The findings suggest elevated fracturing tensions that may find relief through a more inclusive community model that recognizes the widest diversity of variant gender identities through an encompassing of both, and all, gendered subdivisions.

SELECTED FACTORS AFFECTING THE EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY OF ADULTS

The aim of the article is to show the importance of educational activity of adults in the process of intentional designing one’s life: flexible actions depending on the needs and overcoming the deficits. The life-long education and the learning competences are essential in today’s world, that is why a closer look was taken on educational activity of adults and to research their ability to perform a self-directed learning and diagnose their learning motivation. The problem was examined in the salutogenesis paradigm, which was first defined by Aaron Antonovsky. The key concept for Antonovsky’s concept is the sense of coherence (SOC), which is a constant disposition of personality in adult life and determines the way we think, interpret, and make decisions and actions in our lives. The sense of coherence is characterized by a dimensional character (from weak to strong SOC) and is defined as a global orientation expressed in the sense of individual certainty that its external and internal environment is understandable and meaningful and life is worth the effort and commitment (Antonovsky 1979, 1986; Antonovsky &Sagy 2001). The ability of self-directed learning was correlated with the level of sense of coherence. In this article the results of the research are presented. The research was conducted on 427 persons in Poland. The research was focused on finding different factors influencing educational activity of adults, especially on the most significant activity: self-directed learning. The dependence of chosen variables was examined, in order to point out the features which might help adults to initiate their own learning activity.

Health status and its socio-economic covariates in the older population in Poland - the assumptions and methods of the nationwide, cross-sectional PolSenior2 survey.

IntroductionPopulation ageing constitutes an increasing medical, social, and economic burden worldwide. Optimal senior policy should be based on well-assessed knowledge on the prevalence and control of age-related diseases, multimorbidity, disabilities, and their social determinants. The objective of this paper is to describe the assumptions, methods, and sampling procedures of the PolSenior2 survey, which was aimed at characterising the health status of old and very-old adults in Poland.Material and methodsThe project was conducted in the period 2018–2019 as a cross-sectional survey of a representative sample of people aged 60 years and over. Subjects were selected using three-stage stratified and proportional random sampling in seven equally sized (n = 850) age groups. The study protocol consisted of face-to-face interviews, specific geriatric scales and tests, and anthropometric and blood pressure measurements performed by well-trained nurses at participants homes as well as blood and urine sample laboratory tests.ResultsIn the Polsenior2 study a group of 5987 subjects underwent the questionnaire parts of the survey, and almost all (n = 5823) agreed to blood or urine sample collection.ConclusionsIn recent decades several studies focused on various aspects of elderly health and life conditions had been carried out in Poland and Central and Eastern Europe. However, none of them is so complex and has covered so many issues as PolSenior2, which is the largest study devoted to the health status of older persons in Poland and one of the largest and the most comprehensive in Europe. The results of the study will help to improve health policy targeted at the elderly population in Poland.

LEGAL ASPECTS OF PROTECTING THE IMAGE OF NATURAL PERSONS IN POLAND IN THE LIGHT OF GDPR AND COPYRIGHT

The article contains an analysis of the legal aspects of protecting the image of natural persons in Poland. The paper aims to compare image protection in the light of the provisions of the GDPR and Polish copyright law. The reform of the personal data protection system in the European Union countries and the entry into force of the provisions of the GDPR have led to the increased awareness of individuals regarding the need to protect their data, with particular emphasis on the image. At that time, it was necessary to change the approach to protecting the image which was previously protected under copyright law for a long time. The analysis was prepared using three research methods - institutional and legal method (analysis of normative acts), factor analysis (isolation of adequate factors affecting image protection), and a comparative method (comparison of GDPR and Polish copyright). The presented considerations lead to the conclusion that the entry into force of the provisions of the GDPR had a real impact on the protection of the image of natural persons in Poland constituting a supplement to copyright law. The article is scientific analysis, at the same time the author presents practical aspects of image protection with particular emphasis on the progressing popularization of modern technologies.

Dlaczego nie należy przerywać terapii inhibitorami pompy protonowej i antybiotykami stosowanymi w eradykacji Helicobacter pylori w czasie pandemii COVID-19?

Helicobacter pylori infection is one of the most widespread infectious diseases in the world, but its prevalence varies depending on geographical region and economic and social condition. The percent of infected adult persons in Poland is 67, among younger population under 18 years being as high as about 32%. This infection in some number of the concerned persons can be associated with chronic gastritis, peptic gastric and duodenal ulcers, gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma (MALT) and gastric cancer. Extra-gastric manifestation of H. pylori infection are iron deficiency anemia, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura and significant B12 deficiency. According to the Maastricht V/Florence Consensus Report considering H. pylori infection a contagious disease that requires treatment in each case, indications for diagnostic evaluation to detect its presence are established, and then to its eradication. The treatment of H. pylori infection is complex and based on the combination of the following groups of medicines: proton pump inhibitors (PPI), antibiotics and anti-microbial nitroimidazoles and bismuth salts and probiotics. Currently, the main challenge in the field of H. pylori infection is antibiotic resistance, which influences the efficacy of eradication regiments. According to Maastricht V/Florence Consensus, in Poland where H. pylori resistance to clarithromycin is more than 15%, quadruple therapy with bismuth, PPI, tetracycline and metronidazole/tinidazole for 10–14 days should be used as first-line treatment. Triple therapy with fluoroquinolone is recommended as second-line treatment. After two unsuccessful attempts to eradicate, bacterial cultures should be should be performed to asses antibiotic sensitivity of the H. pylori strain. There are no reasons in front of pandaemia of COVID-19 to delay eradication of H. pylori infection, when the urgent indications: peptic ulcer complicated with haemorrhage, MALT lymphoma or early gastric cancer exists.

Działania Rzecznika Praw Obywatelskich w zakresie problematyki osób zaginionych

Based on the motions submitted for the attention of the Commissioner for Human Rights, as well as on the inspected cases, this article discusses the system of searching for missing persons. The Police implemented and continuously improve the system of searching for missing persons. However, the procedures are often imperfect. Some-times it results in a situation that search procedures are too late, especially in cases in which time is a crucial factor. Hence the question arises as to whether the legal and logistic aspects of searching for missing persons in Poland is well organized. Another question is whether the rules governing search operations are clear and understandable for all the services. To ensure efficient rescue operations undertaken by the services responsible for the maintenance of order and safety in the search for missing persons, the Commissioner for Human Rights asked the Minister of the Interior to take the need for an introduction of some legislative changes into consideration.

Halina Skibniewska’s Good Flat

The search for the best solutions in residential architecture has been one of the major areas of interest of architects connected with Warsaw University of Technology’s Faculty of Architecture ever since it was founded in 1915. Great achievements in the field were made by Halina Skibniewska (1921-2011), who designed many housing developments Warsaw: Sady Żoliborskie (1958-1963), Sadyba (1972-1974), Szwoleżerów (1974), the Winogrady estate in Poznań (1963-1964) and the Białołęka district of Warsaw (1975-1986). Her contribution to residential construction led her to receiving numerous awards, including the Mister Warsaw title given for the best building in the city, although the true measure of her success was the fact that all of her contemporaries wanted to “live at Skibniewska’s”. The article describes the most important objectives assumed by Halina Skibniewska when designing residential buildings and estates, illustrated with examples of her designs. It was her conviction that designing is the culmination of a long process and should be preceded by analysis, taking into account the local landscape conditions, and sociological, demographic, psychological and economic aspects. She valued direct social consultation just as much as she did scientific research, even carrying out discussions with children. She paid a great deal of attention to the structure of the family as the main users of residential buildings, and to the effects of this structure on the spatial and functional arrangement of the home, which was reflected in the doctoral dissertation. These studies resulted in the creation of the so-called open home model method, which is a concept of a flexible flat which can be modified in response to the changing needs of its users. Halina Skibniewska’s social sensitivity meant that she was the first person in Poland to analyse the problems of elderly and disabled people, and to design flats in response to the conditions shaped by the state of their health and how able-bodied they are. An extremely important question for Halina Skibniewska were the surroundings of buildings, which she considered a kind of extension of home. She became famous not only as a designer who was concerned with providing housing developments with the necessary services and facilities, but also as a zealous defender of existing nature, capable of changing the location of the stairs on a block of flats being designed in order to preserve two old mulberry trees for future residents. Not all the suggestions of this Warsaw architect proved possible to implement in the politicised economic conditions at that time, but many of her ideas were reflected in the architecture of housing developments and estates, which had and still has a positive influence on the residents’ quality of life. There is no doubt that many of her views are still valid today, and can be an inspiration for contemporary architects in their quests.

Perspectives of hepatitis C virus (HCV) elimination in Poland.

Aim of the studyAccording to the World Health Organization (WHO) strategy, elimination of hepatitis C virus (HCV) as a major public health threat by 2030 includes diagnosis and cure of 90% of those infected between 2015 and 2030. The aim of this study is to estimate the realistic possibility to achieve the WHO elimination targets in Poland.Material and methodsThe Polish population was established according to data from Statistics Poland for the year 2017. Treatment efficacy was estimated based on publications in time-frames depending on the availability of therapeutic options in Poland. The mortality of HCV-infected patients was assumed on the basis of Statistics Poland and the EpiTer-2 database The number of annual antiviral treatments was estimated based on data from the National Health Fund. Two scenarios were considered, without and with intervention dependent on the national screening program.ResultsThe current diagnosis rate in Poland was calculated as 31%. The scenario without intervention resulted in gradual reduction of annual treatments accompanied by a decrease in the number of infected patients in 2030 to 118 000 (0.31% of the current Polish population), which is only 38% compared with 2015 established as a baseline by WHO. Introduction of the HCV screening program, which includes 3 million people annually, would increase treatment uptake to 12 000 per year and reduce the number of HCV-infected persons in Poland by 90%.ConclusionsThe urgent implementation of the national screening program for HCV in Poland is essential to achieve the WHO goal by 2030. The screening strategy should include up to 3 million persons annually to achieve treatment uptake of 12 thousand patients per year.