All the news Showing 9 of 39 articles from: Harm reduction interventions and policyGet an RSS feed of these articles Show All news infohep newsEditors' picks from other sources Harm reduction should address the specific needs of couples who inject drugs Roger Pebody / 03 April 2017 The sharing of drug injecting equipment most often occurs between sexual partners, but the ways in which couples manage risks and care for each other have been largely ignored by harm reduction ... INHSU 2016 opens with focus on hepatitis C prevention and treatment for people who inject drugs Liz Highleyman / 08 September 2016 The 5th International Symposium on Hepatitis Care in Substance Users (INHSU 2016) got underway yesterday with an overview of the epidemiology of hepatitis C virus (HCV) among people who inject drugs and ... Emergency needle exchange in Indiana reduces HIV and HCV risk for people who inject drugs Liz Highleyman / 30 October 2015 An emergency syringe exchange program implemented after an outbreak of HIV earlier this year in the state of Indiana led to a decrease in risk behaviours including needle sharing during its first five ... Strategies for hepatitis C ‘treatment as prevention’ must address the concerns of people who inject drugs Roger Pebody / 28 October 2015 While epidemiologists and public health experts are excited by the potential of new hepatitis C drugs to limit onward transmission of the virus among people who inject drugs, the strategies ignore profound ... Retreat of international donors and neglect of national governments threatens harm reduction services Roger Pebody / 21 October 2015 The availability of needle and syringe programmes, opioid substitution therapy and other harm reduction services for people who inject drugs is getting even worse in many parts of the world, due to ... Opioid substitution therapy, especially in combination with needle exchange, reduces transmission of hepatitis C Roger Pebody / 20 October 2015 A pooled analysis of 25 studies has shown for the first time good evidence that methadone and other forms of opioid substitution therapy substantially reduce new hepatitis C infections. Previously, this had ... INHSU 2015 highlights hepatitis C prevention and treatment for people who inject drugs Liz Highleyman / 13 October 2015 An international group of researchers, healthcare providers, advocates, people who use drugs and people living with hepatitis C are gathering this week in Sydney for the 4th International Symposium on Health Care in ... People who inject drugs should have access to hepatitis C treatment, expert panel recommends Keith Alcorn / 12 October 2015 New recommendations on hepatitis C treatment and care for people who inject drugs encourage physicians to offer treatment to all people who inject drugs diagnosed with HCV, and to offer a comprehensive ... 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 ... ← Prev1234Next → 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