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
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Why is HepCBC especially trying to connect with newcomers and immigrants from certain countries, and the organizations to which they belong or visit? It is because
the countries they c
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
RURAL, REMOTE, & NORTHERN COMMUNITIES
How can we eliminate viral hepatitis in small, isolated communities such as in rural parts of BC's Interior, Kootenays, or the North?
There is a lack of doctors, there are few if any specialists, and frankly it's really hard to get confidential hepatitis testing or treatment when the Community Health Representative at your tiny health unit is your sister-in-law, right? We're happy to say help is on the way:
NEWCOMERS to CANADA, immigrants, family, caregivers, and friends - scroll down to view HBV and HCV education resources below in:
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Also visit HepCBC's [ENGLISH] "Newcomer & Immigrant Outreach" page HERE and our "Maps and Statistics about Hepatitis B and C in Ca
OUR NEWS:
HepCBC's Prison Colouring Book Contest Winning Entries are made into Posters!
(Oct 29, 2019)
Thanks to the wonderful inmates and friends who submitted their coloured pages from the Prison Colour Books (available for free download at www.hepcbc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/20191002_NO_MARKS_ColouringBook_edition1d.pdf)! These contributors are each getting a gift of $50 for art supplies. Photos of the supplies:
OUR NEWS:
HepCBC's Prison Colouring Book Contest Winning Entries are made into Posters!
(Oct 29, 2019)
Thanks to the wonderful inmates and friends who submitted their coloured pages from the Prison Colour Books (available for free download at www.hepcbc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/20191002_NO_MARKS_ColouringBook_edition1d.pdf)! Also thanks for the contributions of new black/white original designs! The winners are each getting a gift of $50 for art su
HepCBC Prison Visitations (Community Resource Expos) to Federal Prisons in British Columbia, organization MANY THANKS to John Howard Society
Schedule of Upcoming Visits to Federal Institutions:
VISIT #4, November, 2019
Monday, Nov. 4, 2019: Matsqui Institution, Abbotsford, 8:30 am - 11:00 am
Monday, Nov. 4, 2019: Pacific Institution, Abbotsford, 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019 Kwikwexwelhp Healing Village, Harrison Lake, 9:30 am - 11:00 am
In a 1200 word report issued June 3, 2019, Canada’s federal government acknowledged a horrifying statistic: Canada's Indigenous women are at least six times more likely to become victims of homicide than non-Indigenous women:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mmiwg-inquiry-deliver-final-report-justice-reforms-1.5158223
In addition, we should acknowledge that Canada's Indigenous people are at least five times more at risk of acquiring hepatitis C, and that
Links follow to some really amazing "lived experience" stories from the recent UK inquiry, by British people who contracted hepatitis C from contaminated blood products and transfusions, including some stories from their families. They have waited many years for these hearings.
https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/c6gz70808ext/uk-contaminated-blood-scandal
