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• A 6 Fact Rendezvous with Hepatitis C General overview of the silent epidemic

  

  Global HCV Epidemiology Currently, there are an estimated 80 million people living with chronic HCV globally and millions are newly infected every year. The World Health Organization attributes an estimated 700,000 deaths to the hepatitis C Virus (HCV).
  Prevention There are no vaccines for (...) More

  3 March 2017

• HCV test counselling

  

  4 pedagogical videos on HCV test counselling for People who use drugs in the context of limited access to PCR/viral load test More

  12 January 2017

• Trainings Hepatitis C and harm reduction for people who use drugs

  

  Between March and October 2016, Doctors of the World/Médecins du Monde (MdM) organized a series of trainings on Hepatitis C intended for its Harm Reduction international teams and partners with a focus on people who use drugs. More

  12 January 2017

• First WHO guidelines for screening, care and treatment of persons with hepatitis C infection 9 key recommandations

  

  Expected for a long time from NGOs, the first WHO guidelines for screening, care and treatment of persons with hepatitis C infection have just been issued and presented during the 49th International Liver Congress, on April 10, 2014.
  These guidelines are intended for policy makers and (...) More

  16 April 2014