Prison puzzle: Treating hepatitis C

PC Webster - 2012 - Can Med Assoc
If your spouse's initials are “DNR,” you should probably think twice before tattooing them on
your chest. Then again, if your end-of-life plans include a do-not-resuscitate order, maybe it's …

Follow California's lead: treat inmates with Hepatitis C

AL Beckman, A Bilinski, L Puglisi… - Health Affairs …, 2018 - healthaffairs.org
On July 1, California passed a budget allocating $105.8 million to treat the 22,000 inmates
with hepatitis C currently held in its state prisons. Other states should follow California's lead …

Hepatitis C: A “silent epidemic” strikes US prisons

SJA Talvi - Prison Nation, 2013 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Colorado, and California, say they provide testing and treatment upon request—if a prisoner
can pass certain criteria. But prisoners and their advocates insist that too little is being done …

[PDF][PDF] Responding to hepatitis C through the criminal justice system

JD Rich, SA Allen, BA Williams - New England Journal of …, 2014 - escholarship.org
1871 resource-limited settings. In fact, these agents may present fewer hurdles on the
ground than the rollout of ART did. First, patients are likely to adhere to DAA regimens …

Hepatitis C treatment: back to the warehouse

JP Rice - Clinical Liver Disease, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Like many physicians that specialize in hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment, I have spent the
last few years advising many of my patients with chronic HCV infection to defer treatment …

[PDF][PDF] Towards elimination of hepatitis C

ALH Øvrehus - 2019 - portal.findresearcher.sdu.dk
First and foremost I would like to acknowledge all the people living with hepatitis CI have
met working at the hepatitis outreach clinic in Odense and Svendborg drug treatment center …

Can hepatitis C be eradicated in the United States?

BR Edlin, ER Winkelstein - Antiviral research, 2014 - Elsevier
The advent of highly effective antiviral regimens will make the eradication of hepatitis C in
high-income countries such as the United States technically feasible. But eradicating …

[HTML][HTML] Care for people with hepatitis C in provincial and territorial prisons

N Kronfli, J Cox - CMAJ, 2018 - Can Med Assoc
E94 CMAJ| JANUARY 29, 2018| VOLUME 190| ISSUE 4 education and liver fibrosis
characterization via transient elastography, each of which has been associated with …

[HTML][HTML] Why is there still hepatitis C transmission in Australian prisons? A case report

B Harkness, M Levy, R Evans, J Wenke - Harm Reduction Journal, 2017 - Springer
Background The ability to cure hepatitis C viral infection, with specific reference to the
prisoner population and the prison environment, will be challenged, even if opiate …

[PDF][PDF] We need a new national approach to control hepatitis C: It is becoming too late

S Alavian - Hepatitis Monthly, 2008 - brieflands.com
Hepatitis Monthly, Summer 2008; 8 (3): 165-169 prisons effectively acting as an incubator for
the hepatitis C epidemic. However, injection with contaminated equipment could be …