Breaking Hep C Stigma: Let’s Make It Normal
Hepatitis C affects millions of lives around the world, and here in Canada (specifically our neck of the woods in York Region), the shadow of stigma often casts a long and isolating cloak over those […]
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A Look at Indigenous Peoples Battle with Hep C
It is the unfortunate reality that Indigenous peoples in Canada have a history that is entrenched in colonization and oppression that has contributed to health disparities (Mendlowitz, Bremner, Walker, Jones, Isaranuwatchai & Krahn, 2021). Much […]
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Meeting people where they are is about much more than location: Delivering hepatitis C care and treatment to people who use drugs
Poverty, stigma and criminalization are chronic problems among people who use and inject drugs. But hepatitis C virus (HCV) is no longer such a problem, since it is usually cured by eight to 12 weeks […]
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Hepatitis C elimination in Canada: Five approaches to make it
By Christopher Hoy Canada is one of 194 countries that have signed on to the World Health Organization’s Global Health Sector Strategy on Viral Hepatitis, committing to eliminate hepatitis C as a public health threat […]
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What it will take to eliminate hepatitis C in Canada
Canada is one of 194 countries that endorsed the World Health Organization’s Global Health Sector Strategy on Viral Hepatitis in 2016, committing to – among other things – the elimination of viral hepatitis as a […]