Posted On: Thursday, June 22nd, 2017
A few things of note about hepatitis C (HCV) came out in the news this week, some with global impact and some to connect people on the ground providing care. World Drug Report Released The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime released the World Drug Report 2017 on June 22. Both HIV and… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, May 19th, 2017
Pacific Hepatitis C Network is thrilled to introduce our brand new hep C helpline – Help4HepBC! Launched May 15, Help4Hep BC is a peer-to-peer helpline where peer navigators work with callers – people living with hep C, family, friends, health care providers, counsellors and other supports – to meet the challenges of hepatitis C head-on…. Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, March 29th, 2017
At the PAN Fall Conference, we learned from Dr. Lianping (Mint) Ti about short-course direct-acting antiviral (DAA) drugs for hepatitis C (HCV). These well-tolerated drugs have demonstrated cure rates of 95% and have been available in British Columbia (BC) since 2014, but their dispensation has been limited to individuals with advanced liver disease due to… Read more »
Posted On: Tuesday, February 28th, 2017
Pacific Hepatitis C Network is very happy to learn that effective March 21, an extensive list of hepatitis C treatments will be available through BC PharmaCare – at far better prices than they previously had been. The high cost of hepatitis C treatment has effectively restricted the numbers of people living with hepatitis C who… Read more »
Posted On: Tuesday, December 6th, 2016
Welcome to the Pacific Hepatitis C Network (PHCN)‘s second Hepatitis C News in Review Newsletter. This is where we review all of the major current issues and events around hepatitis C and hep C treatments. It includes links to all of our recent blog posts—including links to blog posts about Public Health Agency of Canada… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, December 5th, 2016
A redesign of PHSA-held community contracts was initiated in 2014 to better enable the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) and BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre to respond to current trends in the HIV and HCV epidemics, and to better align the strategic direction with the Ministry of Health’s Hope To Health Framework, the… Read more »
Posted On: Tuesday, September 20th, 2016
In May 2016, the 194 member states of the World Health Organization (WHO), including Canada, adopted the first ever Global Viral Hepatitis Strategy with the goal of eliminating viral hepatitis by 2030. The elimination of HCV across Canada will require federal leadership. An effective national strategy would align and coordinate all of those involved in… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, September 12th, 2016
Hope you will enjoy HepCBC’s SUMMER, 2016 hepc.bull newsletter. This is our LAST NEWSLETTER to you in this format as we are transitioning to sending all of our news out via our website, Facebook site, and You Tube Channel. It’s been over 20 years, and we are so proud of what our bulletin has accomplished and the many lives it has touched,… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, September 7th, 2016
PAN has recently launched a new, online tool to support the building of shared, or common measures for community-based HIV and HCV Organizations in BC. This tool outlines a series of indicators that can be used to measure the contribution community-based HIV/HCV organizations are making to the prevention and care cascade in their region. It is hoped… Read more »
Posted On: Tuesday, August 23rd, 2016
The victims of Canada’s tainted blood scandal, those involved in the 1986-1990 Hepatitis C Settlement Agreement, have won their court case against the Attorney General of Canada. The settlement claimants will now share the $207 million remaining compensation fund surplus. Instead of being returned to the government, most of the remaining surplus will now go… Read more »
Posted On: Tuesday, August 16th, 2016
Wednesday August 24th, 2016 11a.m. EST [90 mins] Register now 35% of hepatitis C cases are among immigrants! Many more don’t know that they have it. The objective of this webinar is to create a better understanding of hepatitis C issues and challenges unique to immigrants and newcomers to Canada. The webinar is co-hosted by… Read more »
Posted On: Tuesday, August 9th, 2016
New and noteworthy CATIE News: Liver cancer rates low in people with HIV and hepatitis C People with HIV and hepatitis C coinfection have low rates of liver cancer (about 1%), reported researchers in Clinical Infectious Diseases. This study drew information from four databases of people coinfected with HIV and hepatitis C and included 7,229… Read more »
