Learn
Educational materials that cover the basics of hepatitis C, prevention, testing, treatment, and care to use in trainings and advocacy discussions.
Prevention
Educational materials that cover preventative measures and harm reduction strategies to prevent the transmission of hepatitis C.
HCV Prevalence and Phylogenetic Characteristics of Young People Who Inject Drugs in New York City
HCV prevalence and phylogenetic characteristics in a cross‐sectional, community study of young people who inject drugs in New York City: Opportunity for and threats to HCV elimination More
European Harm Reduction Services Adapt and Advance Amid COVID-19 Challenges
A study details the significant transformations in harm reduction services across Europe during the COVID-19 pandemic. More
Diagnostics
Educational materials that cover basics of hepatitis C testing and barriers to getting diagnosed.
Point-of-Care HCV RNA Test Could Expedite Diagnosis, Treatment in High-Risk Settings
Findings support the feasibility and clinical performance of Xpert HCV, the first FDA-approved point-of-care test for diagnosing HCV, in a nonclinical justice setting. More
Barriers and Enablers to Point-Of-Care HCV Testing in a Needle and Syringe Program in Canada
Using an intersectionality lens to explore barriers and enablers to hepatitis C point-of-care testing: a qualitative study among people who inject drugs and service providers More
Treatment
Treatment literacy materials that cover the basics of hepatitis C treatment, research on efficacy in different key populations, and global treatment uptake.
Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Identification and Retrieval of HCV Patients Lost to Follow-up in Spain
A study identified and relinked to care HCV patients previously lost to medical follow-up in Spain using an artificial intelligence-assisted system. More
Staff-Facilitated Telemedicine Care Delivery for Treatment of Hepatitis C among People Who Inject Drugs
A study measures the acceptability, feasibility, and safety of an urban point-of-diagnosis HCV treatment initiation approach delivered in a non-clinical community setting, through a novel staff-facilitated telemedicine model. More
Care
Educational materials that provide data, models of care, and resources related to hepatitis C care. Focuses on the whole hepatitis C care continuum, including post-treatment care.
Hepatitis C Elimination in Egypt: Story of Success
In 2023, Egypt became the first country to fulfill the World Health Organization’s set programmatic criteria of reduction of hepatitis C incidence and mortalities to levels close to elimination of disease. More
Feasibility of Hepatitis C Elimination by Screening and Treatment Alone in High-Income Countries
A study developed an agent-based model to characterize the HCV epidemic in Canada, a resource-rich country with ongoing immigration from HCV-endemic regions, relying exclusively on risk-based screening for case identification. More