All the news Showing 9 of 59 articles from: Injecting drug useGet an RSS feed of these articles Show All news infohep newsEditors' picks from other sources Treatment for prevention for hepatitis C in French drug users could cut HCV prevalence by two-thirds in 10 years Keith Alcorn / 12 April 2014 A combination of increased testing, improved linkage to care and treatment immediately after diagnosis with interferon-free regimens has the potential to substantially reduce the incidence and prevalence of hepatitis C virus ... Testing HCV positive has a sustained impact on drug injecting behaviour Michael Carter / 08 January 2014 Diagnosis with hepatitis C virus (HCV) is associated with a sustained reduction in injecting drug use, according to Canadian research published in the online edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases. Each additional three months ... 'War on drugs' fuelling the hepatitis C epidemic among people who inject drugs Michael Carter / 30 May 2013 The global war on drugs has had a disastrous impact on the hepatitis C epidemic, a new report from the Global Commission on Drug Policy shows. The Negative Impact of the War on ... Social, welfare and structural interventions needed to improve HCV treatment access for people who inject drugs Roger Pebody / 27 May 2013 A combination of interventions to create opportunities for stable housing, stigma reduction and changes in the delivery of health care could play a critical role in improving uptake of hepatitis C treatment ... Sharing drug preparation equipment a potential source of hepatitis C transmission Michael Carter / 27 December 2012 Drug users who share injecting equipment such as water, filters and water containers are potentially putting themselves at risk of infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV), according to German research published in the ... Gay and bisexual men who inject drugs more likely to have HIV than other men who inject drugs Michael Carter / 30 May 2012 HIV prevalence is four times higher in gay and bisexual men who inject drugs, compared to heterosexual, male, injecting drug users, UK investigators report in Sexually Transmitted Infections. The study also showed that ... Incidence of hepatitis C re-infection and clearance may be understimated Michael Carter / 26 April 2012 The incidence of hepatitis C re-infection among high-risk individuals who have spontaneously cleared the infection may be higher than previously assumed, a modelling study published in the May 1st edition of the ... Hepatitis C transmission via injecting drug use: look beyond needles and syringes Michael Carter / 04 November 2011 Important insights into the continued spread of hepatitis C among injecting drug users are provided by two studies published in the online edition of the Journal of Infectious Diseases. An international team of ... People on methadone can succeed on hepatitis C treatment Liz Highleyman / 18 October 2011 Opiate users on methadone maintenance therapy can be successfully treated for chronic hepatitis C and can achieve outcomes similar to those of people not on methadone, according to data presented at the ... ← Prev1...23456Next → 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 Transfusion and medical procedures Injecting drug use Mother to child Sexual transmission Non-medical blood transfer HBV vaccination Epidemiology Screening and testing policy Health services, policy and advocacy Social issues Conference news Email bulletin archive