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Open Letter: For more accessible hepatitis C testing
On the occasion of International Screening Week, which runs from November 20 to 26, 2023, we, the members of the 33 Quebec community organizations that make up the Comité provincial de concertation en hépatite C, coordinated by CAPAHC, are uniting our voices to demand that the various levels of government put the fight against hepatitis C back on the agenda.
November 22, 2023
Progress towards eliminating viral hepatitis in Canada
Last month, Hepatitis Action Canada published its Progress Report, which will be updated every two years.
June 21, 2021
Election 2022 in Quebec, party intentions on drug policies.
Six parties, eight important issues Over the past 3 years, fatal and non-fatal overdoses have become more than ever a part of everyday life for people who use drugs and their loved ones. According to the Institut national de santé publique du Québec, since 2018 in Quebec there has been an average of 38 deaths per month...
September 13, 2022
New cases of acute hepatitis detected in children
Cases of severe acute hepatitis, possibly caused by a virus of unknown origin, have been appearing rapidly in young children in recent weeks. The first cases were reported in the United Kingdom in April, followed by about twenty other countries. Suspected cases detected in Canada are currently being investigated...
April 29, 2022
HCV eradication by 2030, a goal threatened by COVID-19?
(Article published in the International Journal of Medicine on February 17, 2021. For the full article, subscribe to www.jim.fr. European data that could bear a striking resemblance to that of Canada and Quebec? That's what we believe at CAPAHC). The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, which began at the end of...
March 1, 2021
People living with HCV and cirrhosis are more likely to develop a severe form of COVID-19
Chronic liver disease, particularly cirrhosis, is associated with more severe outcomes in patients infected with COVID-19. Here, we aimed to evaluate the clinical outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients with pre-existing hepatitis C with or without cirrhosis. This multicenter, retrospective cohort study was conducted...
January 20, 2022
Australia on track to eliminate HCV in men who have sex with men (MSM) by 2030
L’hépatite C affecte de manière disproportionnée les hommes ayant des relations sexuelles avec d’autres hommes (HARSAH) vivant avec le VIH. Une infime partie de HARSAH séronégatifs – plus particulièrement ceux prenant la PrEP – peuvent aussi être affectés. Cependant, l’introduction des antiviraux à action directe (AAD) a simplifié et amélioré les traitements de l’hépatite C…
22 Décembre 2002
Progress towards eliminating viral hepatitis in Quebec
In our last article, we shared some information on progress towards the elimination of viral hepatitis in Canada, and gave the link (now available in French) for the Hepatitis Action Canada (HAC) report. On this World Hepatitis Day, we wanted to take a look back at this topic, focusing on Quebec.
July 28, 2021