Hepatitis C is one of the deadliest infections in Canada, there is no vaccine, and its prevalence is closely linked to the epidemic of injection drug use. However, there is a cure, and the World Health Organization as well as the 2017 Indigenous Conference on Viral Hepatitis have proposed eliminating it as a public health threat by 2030.
Presentation on the background of Hepatitis C: the spread, the danger and the cure by Dr. David Smookler, PhD, Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology
Findings on hepatitis C testing and gaps in care in Ontario First Nation’s by Dr. Andrew Mendlowitz, Post Doctoral fellow, Viral Hepatitis Care Network
Community-based, community-wide Hepatitis C testing initiatives in Ontario First Nation communities by Dr. David Smookler, PhD, Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology
Working with First Nation leaders, heath care administrators, and stakeholders to develop a broad elimination strategy for hepatitis C: What will it take? by Dr. Jordan Feld, Hepatologist
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