All the news Showing 7 of 17 articles from: Social issuesGet an RSS feed of these articles Show All news infohep newsEditors' picks from other sources Australian experience shows that use of DAAs can virtually eliminate HCV among prisoners Michael Carter / 19 March 2018 Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection can be rapidly eliminated in prison populations with the use of direct-acting antivirals (DAAs), results of an Australian study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases suggests. ... Elimination of hepatitis C in Europe requires greater focus on prisoners and people who inject drugs Keith Alcorn / 26 February 2018 Efforts to eliminate viral hepatitis in Europe will need to focus on people who inject drugs and prisoners if European Union nations are to achieve the World Health Organization target ... HCV treatment is effective and may work as prevention for people who inject drugs Liz Highleyman / 19 September 2016 Hepatitis C treatment for people who inject drugs is as safe and effective as it is for non-drug-users – with cure rates exceeding 90% – and treating enough people in this population could ... Hepatitis C treatment for people in prison may be highly cost-effective in England Keith Alcorn / 08 June 2015 Reducing the duration of direct-acting antiviral treatment for hepatitis C will make treatment for people in prison in England highly cost-effective, and could provide an important opportunity for providing access to hepatitis C ... Need for expansion of hepatitis C screening among veterans, 'baby-boom' generation and pregnant women highlighted Keith Alcorn / 04 November 2013 Two large studies of the 'baby-boom' generation in the United States suggest that at least 50,000 US military veterans have undiagnosed hepatitis C, and that around 80% of people with hepatitis C ... Social, welfare and structural interventions needed to improve HCV treatment access for people who inject drugs Roger Pebody / 27 May 2013 A combination of interventions to create opportunities for stable housing, stigma reduction and changes in the delivery of health care could play a critical role in improving uptake of hepatitis C treatment ... Hepatitis B is a major health issue for migrants in the US Michael Carter / 07 June 2012 Between 1.04 million and 1.61 million migrants now resident in the US have chronic hepatitis B infection, investigators report in the online edition of Hepatology. “The finding that as many as ... ← Prev12Next → 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 Human rights Stigma and discrimination Confidentiality, consent and medical ethics Prisoners Migrants Conference news Email bulletin archive