All the news Showing 10 of 18 articles from: SwitzerlandGet an RSS feed of these articles Show All news infohep newsEditors' picks from other sources Hepatitis C elimination Test-and-treat leads to sustained fall in hepatitis C in Swiss gay men with HIV Keith Alcorn / 18 April 2022 Intensive screening for hepatitis C, treatment and risk reduction counselling have led to sustained declines in hepatitis C prevalence and new cases of hepatitis C among gay and bisexual men living with ... Transmission, epidemiology and prevention New cases of hepatitis C declining in people with HIV as access to treatment broadens Keith Alcorn / 21 February 2022 The availability of direct-acting antivirals has led to a 50% reduction in new cases of hepatitis among people with HIV in some high-income settings, a six-country study presented this week ... Sexual transmission What happens after curing hepatitis C? Avoiding, minimising or accepting the risks of re-infection Krishen Samuel / 14 June 2021 Swiss men living with HIV approach the risk of re-infection with hepatitis C after cure in different ways, based on recent qualitative research by Dr Patrizia Künzler-Heule and colleagues from the Universities of ... Treatment for people who use drugs Swiss opioid substitution therapy programme reports strong progress towards hepatitis C elimination Keith Alcorn / 14 April 2021 Direct-acting antiviral treatment cured almost everyone treated for hepatitis C in a large cohort of people receiving opioid substitution therapy, Swiss researchers report in the Swiss Medical Weekly. The study also observed a ... Hepatitis C elimination Systematic Hep C Test-and-Treat Lowers Rate in Gay Men With HIV Poz / 22 March 2018 Sexual transmission International HCV transmission in European MSM requires DAA scale-up Healio / 13 March 2018 Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) Smoking reduces survival after liver cancer diagnosis for people with viral hepatitis Keith Alcorn / 18 January 2018 People with viral hepatitis who smoked were three times more likely to die after being diagnosed with liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma, HCC), according to a study of Swiss patients published ... Treatment for people living with HIV and HCV Hepatitis C test-and-treat programme reduces HCV by two-thirds among men who have sex with men in Swiss HIV Cohort Keith Alcorn / 31 October 2017 A systematic policy of test-and-treat cured 99% of men who have sex with men with hepatitis C in the Swiss HIV Cohort in an 8-month period and reduced the prevalence of hepatitis ... Access to medicines & diagnostics All Swiss hepatitis C sufferers can access costly drugs like Harvoni Swissinfo / 20 September 2017 Access to medicines & diagnostics Swiss bend rules to provide patients with affordable treatment Swissinfo / 05 June 2017 ← First12Next → Other pages in this section Latest news All the news Hepatitis A Hepatitis B Hepatitis C Hepatitis D Hepatitis E Coronavirus NAFLD Treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma Transmission, epidemiology and prevention Health services, policy and advocacy Social issues Conference news Email bulletin archive