Latest treatment news and information for patient advocates and people working in hepatitis in Europe. Find out more about infohep > NAM working with the World Hepatitis Alliance and the European Liver Patients Association www.nam.org.uk www.worldhepatitisalliance.org www.elpa-info.org EASL 2019: Hepatitis C eliminationHepatitis elimination by 2030 in doubt as countries fail to scale up diagnosis and treatment. Markus Cornberg presenting at The International Liver Congress. Image: EASL Education @EASLeduEASL 2019: Pangenotypic regimensPangenotypic hepatitis C drug combinations curing almost all people who complete treatment, real-world studies show. ELPA board member Gamal Shiha presenting the Egyptian pilot study at The International Liver Congress. Image: ELPA @HepatitisEuropeEASL 2019: Hepatitis C screening policiesSame-day hepatitis C treatment initiation can be achieved at large scale, Egyptian pilot study shows. Margaret Hellard presenting at The International Liver Congress. Image: @AnnetteGaudino and @TAGTeam_TweetsEASL 2019: Finance and funding$51 billion price tag for eliminating hepatitis C by 2030. Hepatitis bulletinSign up for our free monthly hepatitis news bulletin. New to hepatitis?Read our introductory information on viral hepatitis > infohep news Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) Hepatitis B raises the risk of some cancers Keith Alcorn / 12 August 2019 Chinese people with chronic hepatitis B infection had an increased risk of several digestive system cancers, especially stomach cancer, researchers report in JAMA Network Open. Approximately 250 million are living with hepatitis B ... Young adults with vertical HIV and hepatitis C co-infection have a high hepatitis C cure rate Liz Highleyman / 08 August 2019 Young adults with vertically transmitted HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) co-infection can easily be cured with direct-acting antivirals (DAAs), but some already have advanced liver damage by the time ... Treatment outcomes 13% of HIV-positive Europeans who are cured of hepatitis C are reinfected Liz Highleyman / 05 August 2019 More than one in ten HIV-positive people in the large EuroSIDA cohort who were cured of hepatitis C were reinfected within two years, according to a report last month at ... HIV Hepatitis C does not raise risk of heart disease or cancers in people with HIV Keith Alcorn / 18 July 2019 Hepatitis C coinfection does not increase the risk of cardiovascular disease or non-AIDS cancers in people with HIV, an analysis of the large Eurosida cohort published in Clinical Infectious Diseases has found. ... Treatment for people who use drugs Hepatitis C treatment in primary care delivers higher cure rate for people who inject drugs Keith Alcorn / 08 July 2019 Providing treatment for hepatitis C in the primary care setting significantly improves the uptake of treatment and cure rates in people who inject drugs, a randomised study conducted in Australia and New ... View all infohep news Editors' picks from other sources 'Curing' Hepatitis C Is Not the End of Patient Care Medscape / 15 August 2019 What to call someone who uses heroin? EurekAlert / 21 July 2019 “Marseilles Bears a Heavy Stigma of Drug Trafficking and Use” – An Interview with Beatrice Stambul Drug Reporter / 15 July 2019 UK: Take home naloxone is not reaching those who most need it The BMJ / 11 July 2019 New scorecard reveals Africa's hepatitis cost The Lancet (free registration required) / 01 July 2019 England: Pharmacy minister urged to let sector dispense hepatitis C treatments Chemist + Druggist / 25 June 2019 Hepatitis B Linked to Cancers Beyond the Liver Hep / 25 June 2019 Direct-Acting Antivirals Don't Increase Adverse Events in Hepatitis C Treatment MD Magazine / 18 June 2019 Early contact with needle-exchange program reduces hepatitis C infection Medical Xpress / 04 June 2019 Trial Evaluating Experimental Hepatitis C Vaccine Concludes National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases / 03 June 2019 View all news from other sources Latest library resources Safer heroin injecting TypeWeb page Published2013 AuthorJon Derricott A systematic review of hepatitis C virus epidemiology in Europe, Canada and Israel [2012] TypeWeb page CountryRussian Federation, Turkey, Western and Central Europe Published2013 AuthorLiver International Management of Adult Patients with Ascites Due to Cirrhosis: Update 2012 TypeWeb page CountryUnited States PublishedApril 2013 AuthorAmerican Association for the Study of Liver Diseases View all resources Looking for country specific news, resources and services?Visit our country information pages > Keep up to date with the latest hepatitis newsSign up for our free monthly email bulletin >