Source: Fuster D, García-Calvo X, Zuluaga P, Bolao F, Muga R. Assessment of liver disease in patients with chronic hepatitis C and unhealthy alcohol use. World J Gastroenterol 2021; 27(23): 3223-3237 [DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v27.i23.3223] Abstract Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and unhealthy alcohol use...
NIDA Director Dr. Nora Volkow and Johns Hopkins School of Public Health’s Dr. Chris Beyer discuss how understanding the intersection between HIV and drug use is essential to ending the HIV epidemic.
A próxima conferência HepHIV acontecerá de 5 a 7 de maio de 2021 envolvendo participantes de toda a comunidade, saúde pública e do sistema de saúde. Devido à pandemia de COVID-19, a Conferência HepHIV2021 Lisboa decorrerá através de uma...
No final de 2020, a OMS desenvolveu novas recomendações clínicas e de prestação de serviços sobre as principais áreas temáticas descritas na agenda abaixo. Para lançar e discutir essas recomendações, a OMS realizará um webinar com uma breve...
Registration to the 4th HIV Research for Prevention Conference (HIVR4P // Virtual) is now open! Take part and access the latest in biomedical HIV prevention research and implementation in a new virtual format and accessible from around the...
Source: Ospina-Escobar, A., & Juárez, F. (2019). Gender matters? How does gender shape risk environment for syringe sharing among people who inject drugs in northern Mexico. Results from a cross-sectional survey. Salud Mental, 42(4), 165-172. doi: https://doi.org/10.17711/SM.0185-3325.2019.022...
to refresh knowledge on hepatitis C virus (HCV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) transmission, testing and care for people who inject drugs (PWID) among those working in drug treatment settings;
to increase awareness of staff of the importance of knowing their own status;
to provide a tool for managers of drug treatment facilities, or other actors, who would like to identify the...
Addiction Technology Transfer Center Network Coordinating Office
The opioid epidemic has resulted in significant increases in Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) among people who inject drugs, accounting for 23% of new infections. HCV is completely curable and testing and treatment are the path to cure. Opioid Treatment Providers (OTPs) play a critical role in comprehensive approaches to addressing HCV and this guide is one tool to help.
Source: Bagchi, A. D. (2020). A Structural Competency Curriculum for Primary Care Providers to Address the Opioid Use Disorder, HIV, and Hepatitis C Syndemic. Frontiers in Public Health, 8, 210. The interrelated epidemics of opioid use disorder (OUD) and HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection...
Part of the Integrated Care Series, Dr. Deepa Rao presents socio-behavioral and mental health-related barriers to engagement in care for people with HIV. She will also discuss research to develop stigma reduction interventions to help people with HIV achieve HIV viral suppression and improve their...
Source: Magidson, J.F., Joska, J.A., Myers, B. et al. Project Khanya: a randomized, hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial of a peer-delivered behavioral intervention for ART adherence and substance use in Cape Town, South Africa. Implement Sci Commun 1, 23 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s43058...
Source: Dickson-Gomez, J., Bodnar, G., Petroll, A., Johnson, K., & Glasman, L. (2015). HIV Treatment for Alcohol and Non-Injection Drug Users in El Salvador. Qualitative health research, 25(12), 1719–1732. doi:10.1177/1049732314568322 Abstract Since the mid-1990s, many developing countries have...
In this presentation, Dr. Valerie Earnshaw provides a cross-cutting conceptual overview of stigma, identifies targets for stigma measurement, recommends methodological approaches for stigma research, and reviews the intervention toolkit to address stigma. She draws on examples from her own and...
Source: Magís-Rodríguez, C., Marín-Navarrete, R., & García-Juárez, I. (2019). A new challenge for the Mexican health system: hepatitis C in people who inject drugs. Salud Mental, 42(4), 147-148. doi: https://doi.org/10.17711/SM.0185-3325.2019.019 Abstract Injecting-drug use is present in 179 of 206...
Source: Zhang, L., Zou, X., Xu, Y., Medland, N., Deng, L., Liu, Y., ... & Ling, L. (2019). The decade-long Chinese methadone maintenance therapy has yield large population and economic benefits for drug users in reducing harm, HIV and HCV disease burden. Frontiers in Public Health, 7, 327...
This FREE one day conference, organised by Hepatitis Scotland, is aimed at staff who work in, or have strategic responsibility for, primary and secondary care addiction services.
The day will explore the background to developing successful...
Source: Bórquez, A., Abramovitz, D., Cepeda, J., Rangel, G., González-Zúñiga, P., Martin, N., Magis-Rodríguez, C., & Strathdee, S. (2019). Syringe sharing among people who inject drugs in Tijuana: before and after the Global Fund. Salud Mental, 42(4), 149-156. doi: https://doi.org/10.17711/SM.0185...