The WHO Consolidated guidelines on HIV, viral hepatitis and STI prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care for key populations outline a public health response for five key populations (men who have sex with men, trans and gender diverse people, sex workers, people who inject drugs and people in prisons and other closed settings). They present and discuss new recommendations and consolidate a range of recommendations and guidance from current WHO guidelines.
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Consolidated guidelines on HIV, viral hepatitis and STI prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care for key populations
UK, Rest of World 01 Aug 2022 Reports & Research, Strategy & Planning PDF
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Webinar summary: three years to go - where are we in the journey to elimination? May 2022
Held in May 2022 – only three years from the 2025 NHS England target to eliminate hepatitis C as a significant public health concern – this webinar of the HCV Action network aimed to share information about the latest data on hepatitis C, what we can observe about trends from what we already have and what types of further data collection we need to fill gaps in our current knowledge and guide efforts towards elimination.England Reports & Research, Strategy & Planning PDF
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With only three years to go to NHS England's 2025 elimination target, the aim of this HCV Action webinar was to share information about the latest data on hepatitis C, what we can observe about trends from what we already have, and what types of further data collection we need to fill gaps in our current knowledge and guide efforts. It included speakers from NHS England, the UK Health Security Agency, The Hepatitis C Trust, and Hep C U Later.England 16 May 2022 Training, Reports & Research Video
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Reframing Reinfection: towards sustained hepatitis C elimination in the UK (2022)
A joint effort by HCV Action and The Hepatitis C Trust, this report sets out to understand what the NHS and frontline services who work with people at risk of hepatitis C are seeing in relation to reinfection, what is already being done, and what more we might put in place locally and nationally to address this.UK Reports & Research PDF
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Hepatitis C in England 2022: full report
The 2022 Hepatitis C in England report from the UK Health Security Agency reports that deaths from hepatitis C fell by 35% between 2015 and 2020. The data shows the estimated prevalence of chronic hepatitis C in England has continued to decline to around 81,000 in 2020 (compared to 129,000 in 2015) – a 37% fall in the general population. Provisional data suggests that there has been a 40% decline in people who inject drugs.England 03 Mar 2022 Reports & Research PDF