Who has hepatitis B and hepatitis C in Canada? In order to eliminate viral hepatitis, it is very important to know the answers to this complex question!
Looking at Canada's hepatitis C statistics, the largest group of people with hepatitis C is made up of people born outside Canada, followed by former users of IV drugs, then by current users of IV drugs (PWID). Hepatitis B and C are spread through blood-to-blood contact, so IV drug use is a logical ri
PharmaCare now accepts Special Authority requests from NPs for HCV treatments!
Best HCV treatment and elimination news we've heard in ages...this should help many more people get into BC's HCV treatment pipeline and make Elimination of Hepatitis C in BC by our goal of 2030 much more likely! As of October 30, 2019, Nurse Practitioners in BC have been permitted to fill out "Special Authority Requests for Hepatitis C treatment. These are the prescriptions ne
Clinical Care Options presents three new seminars in their HCV Elimination 2018 series, each one dealing with a population particularly at risk of acquiring or passing on HCV:
Men Who Have Sex with Men [MSM] - ACCESS INFORMATION BELOW
Persons Who Inject Drugs [PWID] - SEE ACCESS INFORMATION IN SEPARATE ARTICLE, and
People Who Are Incarcerated [COMING SOON]
The MSM module is introduced below...
CCO CME/CE-certified interactive video module
Clinical Care Options presents three new seminars in their HCV Elimination 2018 series, each one dealing with a population particularly at risk of acquiring or passing on HCV:
Persons Who Inject Drugs, [PWID] - ACCESS INFORMATION BELOW.
Men Who Have Sex with Men [MSM] - SEE ACCESS INFORMATION IN SEPARATE ARTICLE, and
People Who Are Incarcerated [COMING SOON]
The PWID module is introduced below...
CCO CME/CE-certified interactive video modu