CROI 2022 Peeradon payakpan/Shutterstock.comMother-to-child transmissionImmunoglobulin-free strategy highly effective for prevention of mother-to-child hepatitis B transmission in Cambodia. Anastasiia Chepinska/UnsplashScreening policyUniversal hepatitis C screening in pregnancy improves case detection. Dr Daniela Van Santen (bottom row, centre) at CROI 2022.Transmission, epidemiology & preventionNew cases of hepatitis C declining in people with HIV as access to treatment broadens. infohep news Treatment for people living with HIV and HCV Metabolic disorders cause liver damage in people with HIV more often than viral hepatitis in lower-income countries Keith Alcorn / 01 March 2022 Liver fibrosis in people with HIV in low- and middle-income countries was more often attributable to metabolic disorders than viral hepatitis, a six-country comparative study has found.The findings, presented last ... Screening policy Universal hepatitis C screening in pregnancy improves case detection Keith Alcorn / 23 February 2022 Implementing universal testing for hepatitis C during pregnancy improved case detection 7.5-fold compared to the previous regime of risk-based screening, a research group from the University of Pittsburgh reported last week at the ... Mother to child Immunoglobulin-free strategy highly effective for prevention of mother-to-child hepatitis B transmission in Cambodia Keith Alcorn / 22 February 2022 A hepatitis B immunuglobulin-free strategy for prevention of mother-to-child hepatitis B transmission is feasible and highly effective in a resource-limited setting if tenofovir is given for at least four weeks prior to delivery, ... Transmission, epidemiology and prevention New cases of hepatitis C declining in people with HIV as access to treatment broadens Keith Alcorn / 21 February 2022 The availability of direct-acting antivirals has led to a 50% reduction in new cases of hepatitis among people with HIV in some high-income settings, a six-country study presented this week ... View more > Editors' picks from other sources View more > Other pages in this section Latest news All the news Conference news Email bulletin archive