Georgia: A leader in the global fight against Hepatitis C
On the footracks of the official announcement of Hepatitis C treatment in prisions around Georgia, the Ministry of Health announced that it would launch a program for the general population and reach...
View ArticleGlobal policy report on the prevention and control of viral hepatitis
The periodic evaluation of implementation of the WHO strategy requires an initial baseline survey of all Member States. In mid-2012, WHO, in collaboration with the World Hepatitis Alliance, conducted...
View ArticleCall for action: I advocate for hepatitis C treatment
Although many positive changes have happened since the last World Hepatitis Day - mainly due to community mobilization around the world and its consistent efforts: progress on prioritizing hepatitis C...
View ArticlePrevention and management of hepatitis C virus infection among people who...
The burden of liver disease could be dramatically reduced by increasing treatment for hepatitis C infection among people who inject drugs, suggest new recommendations developed by researchers from the...
View ArticleDefuse the hepatitis C “time bomb”; end the war on people who use drugs.
World Hepatitis Day is July 28th, and whilst some 500 million people globally are living with hepatitis B or C, the day barely receives any coverage, and there is a massive lack of investment in...
View ArticleUNODC Executive Director calls for prevention, fair access to treatment on...
The Executive Director of UNODC, Yury Fedotov, speaking ahead of World Hepatitis Day on 28 July, stressed that viral hepatitis remains a serious health problem worldwide, and urged authorities to...
View ArticleHepatitis C treatment: Price, profits, and barriers to access
The World Health Organization estimates that as many as 185 million people, or 3 percent of the world’s population, are infected with the hepatitis C virus. Though it is curable, the vast majority of...
View ArticleBest practice recommendations for Canadian harm reduction programmes
Drug use practices that can lead to transmission of HIV, HCV, and other infections are pressing issues affecting communities throughout Canada. To stay current with emerging evidence and ensure that...
View ArticleAlliance Ukraine secures affordable life-saving hepatitis C treatment for...
The International HIV/AIDS Alliance in Ukraine has reached an agreement with MSD, one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical producers, to more than halve the cost of a 48 week treatment course for...
View ArticleThe urgent need for improved hepatitis C prevention, care and treatment for...
PKNI has launched its first issue brief on the urgent need for access to prevention, treatment and Hepatitis C treatment for people who inject drugs in Indonesia.The briefing maps the hepatitis C...
View ArticleHepatitis C treatment access and uptake for people who inject drugs: A review...
Evidence documents successful hepatitis C virus treatment outcomes for people who inject drugs and interest in HCV treatment among this population. Maximising HCV treatment for PWID can be an effective...
View ArticleSkoun Brochures on harm reduction
This set of brochures provides information on HIV and hepatitis prevention and treatment, harm reduction services and safer ways of injection. Menhara-aidspreads-english.pdfView...
View ArticleUniversal access? Not without rights!
Implementing social media and internet-based interventions for LGBT in Brazil; increasing life skills of young women and girls involved in sex work in Uganda; introducing mobile CD4 count machines to...
View ArticleThe Hepatitis C Trust welcomes success in prison health campaign in the UK
The Hepatitis C Trust is delighted to announce a success in our campaign to secure better services for people in prison with hepatitis C.A new National Partnership Agreement between The National...
View ArticleHepatitis C avoidance in injection drug users: A typology of possible...
Injection drug users who take measures to reduce the risk of contracting hepatitis C are not always motivated by messages about preventing transmission of the disease, according to research published...
View ArticleShooting up: Infections among people who inject drugs in the UK in 2012
People who inject image and performance enhancing drugs, such as anabolic steroids and melanotan, are at greater risk of HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C infection than previously thought. In England...
View ArticleConcerns regarding new estimates on HIV, hepatitis C and injecting drug use
In June 2013, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime released estimates on HIV, hepatitis C and injecting drug use within the annual World Drug Report . The 2013 report presents ‘new data’ that it claims...
View ArticleDefuse hepatitis C, the viral time bomb!
In 2010, the 63rd World Health Assembly adopted the first resolution on viral hepatitis . A new resolution will be presented at the 67th WHA.Globally, an estimated 185 million people have been infected...
View ArticleAssessment of situation and response of drug use and its harms in the Middle...
Ever since its foundation in 2007, the Middle East and North Africa Harm Reduction Association has worked to support harm reduction based on scientific data. Unfortunately, in our region, there are a...
View ArticleHIV and HCV among people who inject drugs in Central Asia
Over the last decade, Central Asia has become a focal point of HIV and hepatitis C virus transmission among people who inject drugs . PWID account for the majority of HIV infections in most countries...
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