Hepatitis C services at harm reduction centres in the European Union: a 28-country survey
Background: In the context of the WHO’s 2016 Viral Hepatitis Strategy and the introduction of treatment that can cure more than 95% of cases with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, the European Joint Action on HIV and Co-infection Prevention and Harm Reduction (HA-REACT) undertook a study in the mem...
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| Publication date: | 2019 |
| Country: | España |
| Institution: | Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya) |
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| Keyword: | Hepatitis C Països de la Unió Europea European Union countries |
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| author | Pericàs, Juan M. |
| author2 | Bromberg, Daniel J. Ocampo, Denise Schatz, Eberhard Wawer, Iwona Wysocki, Piotr Safreed-Harmon, Kelly Lazarus, Jeffrey V. |
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| author_browse | Bromberg, Daniel J. Lazarus, Jeffrey V. Ocampo, Denise Pericàs, Juan M. Safreed-Harmon, Kelly Schatz, Eberhard Wawer, Iwona Wysocki, Piotr |
| author_facet | Pericàs, Juan M. Bromberg, Daniel J. Ocampo, Denise Schatz, Eberhard Wawer, Iwona Wysocki, Piotr Safreed-Harmon, Kelly Lazarus, Jeffrey V. |
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| description | Background: In the context of the WHO’s 2016 Viral Hepatitis Strategy and the introduction of treatment that can cure more than 95% of cases with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, the European Joint Action on HIV and Co-infection Prevention and Harm Reduction (HA-REACT) undertook a study in the member states of the European Union (EU). It aimed to determine service providers’ understanding of the current services in their respective countries and the barriers experienced by PWID in accessing HCV testing, care and treatment services in their country. Methods: In 2017, 38 purposively selected harm reduction service providers completed a 26-item Englishlanguage online survey addressing the availability, accessibility and funding of HCV services at harm reduction centres. HCV-related data and reported findings were extracted by country or by responding organization. Results: Responses were received from all EU member states. Respondents from 23 countries reported that HCV tests are offered by harm reduction services in their countries, and eight countries reported that addiction specialists in their countries are able to prescribe HCV therapy. Almost half of the respondents (45%) said that their respective organizations had established referral systems with centres providing HCV treatment. Conclusions: Not all EU member states have harm reduction services that provide HCV tests, and many do not have established referral systems with treatment providers. Moreover, the inability of addiction specialists to prescribe HCV treatment points to missed opportunities to make treatment more accessible. Further, discrepancies were noted between the available HCV services and stakeholders’ knowledge about their availability. |
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| spelling | Hepatitis C services at harm reduction centres in the European Union: a 28-country survey Pericàs, Juan M. Bromberg, Daniel J. Ocampo, Denise Schatz, Eberhard Wawer, Iwona Wysocki, Piotr Safreed-Harmon, Kelly Lazarus, Jeffrey V. Hepatitis C Països de la Unió Europea European Union countries Background: In the context of the WHO’s 2016 Viral Hepatitis Strategy and the introduction of treatment that can cure more than 95% of cases with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, the European Joint Action on HIV and Co-infection Prevention and Harm Reduction (HA-REACT) undertook a study in the member states of the European Union (EU). It aimed to determine service providers’ understanding of the current services in their respective countries and the barriers experienced by PWID in accessing HCV testing, care and treatment services in their country. Methods: In 2017, 38 purposively selected harm reduction service providers completed a 26-item Englishlanguage online survey addressing the availability, accessibility and funding of HCV services at harm reduction centres. HCV-related data and reported findings were extracted by country or by responding organization. Results: Responses were received from all EU member states. Respondents from 23 countries reported that HCV tests are offered by harm reduction services in their countries, and eight countries reported that addiction specialists in their countries are able to prescribe HCV therapy. Almost half of the respondents (45%) said that their respective organizations had established referral systems with centres providing HCV treatment. Conclusions: Not all EU member states have harm reduction services that provide HCV tests, and many do not have established referral systems with treatment providers. Moreover, the inability of addiction specialists to prescribe HCV treatment points to missed opportunities to make treatment more accessible. Further, discrepancies were noted between the available HCV services and stakeholders’ knowledge about their availability. BioMed Central https://hdl.handle.net/2445/135497 |
| spellingShingle | Hepatitis C services at harm reduction centres in the European Union: a 28-country survey Pericàs, Juan M. Hepatitis C Països de la Unió Europea European Union countries |
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| title | Hepatitis C services at harm reduction centres in the European Union: a 28-country survey |
| title_full | Hepatitis C services at harm reduction centres in the European Union: a 28-country survey |
| title_fullStr | Hepatitis C services at harm reduction centres in the European Union: a 28-country survey |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hepatitis C services at harm reduction centres in the European Union: a 28-country survey |
| title_short | Hepatitis C services at harm reduction centres in the European Union: a 28-country survey |
| title_sort | Hepatitis C services at harm reduction centres in the European Union: a 28-country survey |
| topic | Hepatitis C Països de la Unió Europea European Union countries |
| topic_facet | Hepatitis C Països de la Unió Europea European Union countries |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/2445/135497 |