Scaling up hepatitis C testing and linkage-to-care among people who use drugs: lessons learned from a pilot project implemented at a supervised consumption site

Scaling up hepatitis C testing and linkage-to-care among people who use drugs: lessons learned from a pilot project implemented at a supervised consumption site

Abstract Background Despite rolling out publicly-funded hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment across the province of British Columbia (BC), Canada, 35% of people returning positive HCV RNA results in 2020 did not initiate treatment. The HCV epidemic in Canada continues to disproportionately impact peopl...

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Main Authors: Alannah Hannigan, Nandini Krishnan, Kirti Singh, Shannon Bytelaar, Deb Schmitz, Sofia Bartlett, David Hall, Rolando Barrios, Julio S. G. Montaner, Marianne Harris, Mark W. Hull, Kate A. Salters
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2025-02-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Subjects:
Hepatitis C
Point-of-care
Linkage-to-care
Community
Dried-blood-spot testing
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-025-12374-9
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