infohep news

• Treatment outcomes

  Over 300,000 people waiting for hepatitis C treatment in the United States

  Keith Alcorn / 20 June 2018

  At least 300,000 people were awaiting treatment for hepatitis C by the end of 2016 in the United States, with the lowest rates of treatment observed in the Upper Midwest, ...

• Treatment outcomes

  Fatty liver improves rapidly after hepatitis C cure

  Michael Carter / 18 June 2018

  Liver stiffness and liver fat (steatosis) in people with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection both improve significantly after treatment with direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) resulting in sustained virological response (SVR), ...

• Harm reduction interventions and policy

  Scotland’s reduction in new HCV infections due to harm reduction, not treatment

  Keith Alcorn / 12 June 2018

  The reduction in new hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections that has taken place in Scotland since 2008 is most likely due to increased provision of needle and syringe programmes and ...

• Prisoners

  Harm reduction measures for HCV prevention and treatment lacking in Europe's prisons, survey finds

  Keith Alcorn / 31 May 2018

  Harm reduction measures for the prevention and treatment of hepatitis C in prisoners are still lacking in the majority of European countries and the lack of harm reduction will block ...

• Prisoners

  Access to testing and treatment for hepatitis C in European prisons must improve

  Keith Alcorn / 30 May 2018

  Lack of access to hepatitis C treatment and prevention in European prisons is a public health emergency and risks breaching international agreements on the avoidance of inhumane and degrading conditions, ...