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‘Opt-out’ testing for HIV and hep C is seen as coercive by many prisoners

Avert / 15 June 2018
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 ...
Hepatitis C testing recommended for Canadians born between 1945 and 1975

National Post / 11 June 2018
UK Government accepts drugs fix rooms WILL work - but won't allow Glasgow to open one

Glasgow Evening Times / 04 June 2018
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 ...
European survey asserts insufficient HCV prevention in prisons

Healio / 29 May 2018
US: Most Infants Exposed to HCV Are Not Screened for Infection

MD Magazine / 29 May 2018
Canada reveals needle exchange programme in prisons

The Lancet (requires free registration) / 25 May 2018
FDA Approves First Nonopioid Drug for Opioid Withdrawal

Medscape (requires free registration) / 23 May 2018
More than half test positive in community pharmacies hep C pilot

Drink & Drug News / 18 May 2018