by CAYR Community Connections | May 12, 2021 | Blog Archive
The message of U=U (undetectable equals untransmittable) has been very successful at raising awareness that a person who is on effective HIV treatment cannot pass HIV through sex. It has been taken up as a rallying cry for individuals and organizations all over the...
by CAYR Community Connections | Oct 23, 2019 | Blog Archive
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 of oral, direct-acting antivirals (DAAs). Delivering DAAs to people...
by CAYR Community Connections | Jul 16, 2018 | Blog Archive
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 major public health threat by 2030. But what does...
by CAYR Community Connections | Oct 20, 2017 | Blog Archive
The last seven years have seen a whirlwind of hepatitis C virus (HCV) drug development. Each new treatment is generally more potent than the last. The latest treatments approved for HCV in Canada include Maviret (made by AbbVie) and Vosevi (made by Gilead). Clinical...
