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Guidance for country validation of viral hepatitis elimination and path to elimination
Building on the 2021 Interim guidance, this second version and update, incorporates the lessons and feedback from the hepatitis pilots that successfully demonstrated the feasibility of measuring hepatitis B and C impact targets to demonstrate elimination, whilst highlighting challenges caused by high disease burden in some countries, as well as delays in reaching mortality targets due to the long natural history of disease progression to liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma.UK, Rest of World 05 Oct 2023 Reports & Research, Strategy & Planning PDF -
National Hepatitis C ODN Event 2023 - Slides
On September 12th 2023, HCV Action held our latest annual National ODN Stakeholder Event. This event is HCV Action’s annual gathering of ODN representatives and the wider hepatitis C professional community, and is intended to be an opportunity to discuss progress towards elimination, showcase best practice and successful projects, and identify solutions to common challenges in reaching elimination.UK, England Tools & Templates PDF -
Prevention, diagnosis and treatment of blood borne viruses in Wales: Hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV - Annual report 2023
This report provides information on the epidemiology, prevention and control of hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV in Wales to end of 2022. The report is aimed at policy makers, health service clinicians and planners, commissioners, criminal justice, third sector agencies and academia.Wales 28 Jul 2023 Reports & Research PDF -
Webinar: Engaging socially excluded groups - lessons from hepatitis C
On 13th July 2023, HCV Action held a webinar to explore how lessons from the hepatitis C elimination programme and models used to deliver HCV-related healthcare can be applied to other efforts to engage socially excluded (or 'inclusion health') groups in healthcare. Thank you to our speakers: Leila Reid (The Hepatitis C Trust) Julia Sheehan (The Hepatitis C Trust) Mark Gillyon-Powell (Head of Programme - HCV Elimination, NHS England) Dr Binta Sultan (Consultant Physician in Inclusion Health, University College London Hospital)UK 21 Jul 2023 Other Video -
Inclusion Health webinar - July 2023 - Slides
On 13th July 2023, HCV Action held a webinar to explore how lessons from the hepatitis C elimination programme and models used to deliver HCV-related healthcare can be applied to other efforts to engage socially excluded (or 'inclusion health') groups in healthcare. Thank you to our speakers: Leila Reid (The Hepatitis C Trust) Julia Sheehan (The Hepatitis C Trust) Mark Gillyon-Powell (Head of Programme - HCV Elimination, NHS England) Dr Binta Sultan (Consultant Physician in Inclusion Health, University College London Hospital)UK 13 Jul 2023 Other PDF -
HCV Action Webinar - Hepatitis C Micro-elimination - Slides
On 18 April 2023, HCV Action held a webinar to hear from people working in different services that have achieved 'micro-elimination' of hepatitis C, reaching the micro-elimination criteria for a specific population or setting. Speakers at the webinar provided examples for other services to learn from on achieving micro-elimination and maintaining micro-elimination status.UK Other PDF -
WHO: New recommendation on hepatitis C virus testing and treatment for people at ongoing risk of infection
In 2022, the World Health Organization published the Consolidated guidelines on HIV, viral hepatitis and STI prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care for key populations. These guidelines outline a public health response to HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) for 5 key populations (men who have sex with men, sex workers, people in prisons and other closed settings, people who inject drugs and trans and gender diverse people).UK, Rest of World 14 Apr 2023 Reports & Research, Tools & Templates, Strategy & Planning PDF -
Taking the initiative: how England is eliminating hepatitis C
This report explores the unprecedented hepatitis C elimination programme developed since 2019 between NHS England, pharmaceutical industry providers, voluntary sector bodies and other partners, and profiles ‘elimination initiatives’ that have been developed in different parts of the country and wider health and care system as a result.England 21 Feb 2023 Reports & Research PDF -
Hepatitis C in the UK 2023: Working to eliminate hepatitis C as a public health threat
UKHSA has published its report ‘Hepatitis C in the UK 2023: Working to eliminate hepatitis C as a public health threat’. The report reviews the progress that has been made towards the WHO target of eliminating hepatitis C by 2030, and is based on data up to the end of 2021.UK, England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales 03 Feb 2023 Reports & Research PDF -
HCV Action webinar summary report – Hepatitis C elimination initiatives: an overview
This webinar, which took place in December 2022, was organised by HCV Action in order to provide an overview of the NHS England hepatitis C 'elimination deal' and the activity that has taken place as part of it. The audience was primarily people who wished to have a more comprehensive understanding of the elimination deal and the various initiatives it launched to identify and treat undiagnosed patients. This summary report provides an overview of the key points from each of the webinar speakers.England 23 Jan 2023 Reports & Research, Strategy & Planning PDF