The World Health Organisation (WHO) published this policy brief in April 2019 to set out the current landscape of country hepatitis policies for harm reduction and hepatitis C testing and treatment for people who inject drugs and people in prisons.
It aims to capture how governments are translating the WHO Global health sector strategy on viral hepatitis 2016-2021, which the UK Government has signed up to, in national plans. It also provides a summary of the enablers and barriers to hepatitis C testing and treatment in these populations.
Detecting & managing hepatitis C in primary care: Overcoming barriers to testing and treatment
This short film, aimed at GPs and others working with primary care, looks at identifying those at risk of hepatitis C, through assessment & screening; testing and diagnosis, supported with practice examples.
