Thanks for your comments. I just did a little googling and found these articles (in case you or anyone is interested).
http://www.hcvadvocate.org/hcsp/articles/Donovan-1.html
http://www.hepc.nhs.uk/information/faq.html
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/health/diseasesconditionsandhealthtopics/hepatitis/index.html
I still say that spending vast quantities of money on HIV when it is the easiest disease in the world to avoid is political pandering.
Thanks, I will check them out.