All the news Showing 10 of 62 articles from: Treatment for people who use drugsGet an RSS feed of these articles Show All news infohep newsEditors' picks from other sources High hepatitis C cure rate in Thai study of community-based treatment Keith Alcorn / 09 August 2021 Community-based testing and treatment for HIV and hepatitis C achieved high hepatitis C cure rates in Thailand, results from the Thai C-FREE study show. Tanyapom Wansom presented results from the C-FREE cohort study of ... Australia: recent drug users more likely to start hepatitis C treatment Keith Alcorn / 10 May 2021 Australia’s model of universal access to direct-acting antiviral treatment for hepatitis C has been especially successful in treating recent drug users, the group most critical to reach for the elimination of the virus, ... Swiss opioid substitution therapy programme reports strong progress towards hepatitis C elimination Keith Alcorn / 14 April 2021 Direct-acting antiviral treatment cured almost everyone treated for hepatitis C in a large cohort of people receiving opioid substitution therapy, Swiss researchers report in the Swiss Medical Weekly. The study also observed a ... 12 good practices that should be part of the hepatitis C standard of care Keith Alcorn / 25 March 2021 Hepatitis C programmes and health services should review whether they are using best practices in diagnosis, treatment and care of people with hepatitis C, and update service models to improve hepatitis C elimination ... High adherence and hepatitis C cure rates in active drug and alcohol users Keith Alcorn / 04 February 2021 People who use drugs achieved high rates of hepatitis C cure on direct-acting antiviral treatment despite ongoing drug and alcohol use, demonstrating that active drug use should not be a barrier to ... Hepatitis C elimination in France feasible if new infections in gay and bisexual men decline Keith Alcorn / 27 January 2021 Hepatitis C is becoming more concentrated in gay and bisexual men with HIV in France as direct-acting antiviral treatment cures the infection in other people with HIV while hepatitis C transmission between ... What's needed to eliminate hepatitis C in people with HIV in Scotland? Keith Alcorn / 18 January 2021 To eliminate hepatitis C in people with HIV in Scotland, healthcare providers will need to reach people not on HIV treatment and step up testing for hepatitis C in people ... Peers of drug users play key roles in hepatitis C treatment decision-making Keith Alcorn / 04 November 2020 Peers are important sources of information about hepatitis C treatment and may be the most persuasive advocates for engaging with treatment and care among drug users, a study in Melbourne, Australia, shows. People ... Bacterial infection of the heart on the rise among people with hepatitis C in United States Keith Alcorn / 23 June 2020 Diagnoses of infective endocarditis, a life-threatening bacterial infection of the heart valves, have become more common over the past ten years among people with hepatitis C and people with opioid use disorder ... Directly observed treatment for hepatitis C highly effective in people who inject drugs Keith Alcorn / 14 April 2020 Directly observed treatment for hepatitis C achieved a very high cure rate in people who inject drugs, an Austrian study carried out in pharmacies and drugs projects offering opioid substitution therapy has reported. The ... ← Prev12345...7Next → 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