All the news Showing 10 of 16 articles from: Screening policyGet an RSS feed of these articles Show All news infohep newsEditors' picks from other sources 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 ... HepCheck screening programme links 80% to hepatitis C care in 4 European countries Keith Alcorn / 21 January 2020 Hepatitis C screening programmes targeting the homeless, people who inject drugs and prisoners achieved linkage to specialist care in over 80% of people diagnosed with hepatitis C, a four-country European study found. The study ... Hepatitis C screening among PrEP users could eliminate hepatitis C infections in gay men in UK Keith Alcorn / 13 January 2020 Increasing the frequency of hepatitis C screening in gay and bisexual men taking pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in the United Kingdom has the potential to reduce new hepatitis C infections in ... 30 million screened for hepatitis C in four months in Egypt Keith Alcorn / 11 April 2019 Egypt screened almost 30 million people for hepatitis C in the first four months of a national screening programme that kicked off in October 2018, Egyptian researchers announced at The International Liver Congress ... Same-day hepatitis C treatment initiation can be achieved at large scale, Egyptian pilot study shows Keith Alcorn / 11 April 2019 Screening for hepatitis C, confirmation of chronic infection by point-of-care viral load testing and treatment initiation can all be achieved on the same day in a community setting, Egyptian researchers reported at The ... Is opt-out testing for HCV improving testing rates in UK prisons? Keith Alcorn / 04 April 2019 Testing rates for hepatitis C virus (HCV) in prisons in the United Kingdom remain far below the national minimum target of 50% and without radical change, prison testing rates will pose a ... All pregnant women in the United States should be screened for hepatitis C, say specialists Keith Alcorn / 20 September 2018 Hepatitis C specialists from several of the largest medical schools in the United States say that changes in the epidemiology of hepatitis C over the past decade make it essential to switch ... Active invitation to test for viral hepatitis greatly improves uptake of testing among South Asians in England Keith Alcorn / 16 April 2018 Inviting migrants and their children by post to test for hepatitis B and C in primary care settings results in the identification of a high prevalence of previously undiagnosed infections, ... Six-question risk score can identify HIV-positive gay men needing testing for acute hepatitis C Roger Pebody / 13 June 2017 Six questions can identify HIV-positive gay men who are at elevated risk of having acute (recent) hepatitis C infection and who would benefit from further testing, according to a paper ... Birth cohort screening and linkage to care for HCV treatment still weak in United States Keith Alcorn / 18 November 2016 Grave weaknesses in hepatitis C screening and linkage to care are still widespread in the United States and threaten to leave a large proportion of baby boomers with hepatitis C ... ← First12Next → Other pages in this section Latest news All the news Hepatitis A Hepatitis B Hepatitis C Hepatitis D Hepatitis E Coronavirus NAFLD Treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma Transmission, epidemiology and prevention Health services, policy and advocacy Social issues Conference news Email bulletin archive