infohep news

• Injecting drug use

  Majority of US young adults who use drugs are not tested for hepatitis C or HIV

  Liz Highleyman / 16 October 2018

  Only about a third of adolescents and young adults diagnosed with opioid use disorder in the United States are screened for hepatitis C virus (HCV) or HIV, even though injection drug use is ...

• Prisoners

  What are the barriers to hepatitis C treatment in prisons?

  Keith Alcorn / 15 October 2018

  Lack of privacy, lack of peer support and lack of harm reduction are perceived as the biggest barriers to improving the uptake of direct-acting antiviral treatment for hepatitis C among prisoners, a qualitative ...

• Hepatitis C elimination

  Hepatitis C elimination in people living with HIV in the UK is feasible by 2021, British HIV Association says

  Keith Alcorn / 10 October 2018

  Hepatitis C co-infection can be eliminated in people living with HIV in the United Kingdom by 2021, the British HIV Association (BHIVA) said today. “The UK can be the first country to achieve ...

• Cirrhosis

  What support do people with liver cirrhosis and their families need?

  Keith Alcorn / 09 October 2018

  People with liver cirrhosis and their families need more information about their condition and prognosis and greater access to palliative care, a systematic review of studies on the needs of people with cirrhosis ...

• Harm reduction interventions and policy

  Low dead-space syringes associated with lower hepatitis C prevalence in people who inject drugs

  Keith Alcorn / 01 October 2018

  Exclusive use of low dead-space syringes is associated with a lower prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in people who inject drugs, especially in people who began injecting drugs recently, a study ...