AASLD 2015: HCV Infection During Anal Sex May Happen without Blood, Study Finds
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- Category: HCV Sexual Transmission
- Published on Monday, 16 November 2015 00:00
- Written by Keith Alcorn
Hepatitis C virus is present in large enough quantities in the rectal fluid of men with HIV and hepatitis C coinfection to permit HCV transmission without the presence of blood, researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City reported Sunday at the AASLD Liver Meeting in San Francisco.
IHRC 2015: Hepatitis C Treatment as Prevention Must Address Concerns of People Who Inject Drugs
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- Category: Injection Drug Use
- Published on Monday, 02 November 2015 00:00
- Written by Roger Pebody
While epidemiologists and public health experts are excited about the potential of new hepatitis C drugs to limit onward transmission of the virus among people who inject drugs, some strategies ignore profound barriers to drug users engaging with healthcare and their broader needs. For "treatment as prevention" to be ethical and acceptable to this people who inject drugs, enabling treatment and policy environments need to be created, according to reports at the 24th International Harm Reduction Conference last month in Kuala Lumpur.
IHRC 2015: Why Is Injecting Equipment Reused? Drug Users Do Their Own Research to Find Out
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- Category: Injection Drug Use
- Published on Monday, 02 November 2015 00:00
- Written by Roger Pebody
Even in the context of the relatively good access to harm reduction services in Australia, the principle reasons for people who inject drugs to reuse syringes relate to the convenience of services, the stigma of drug use, a fear of repercussions, and other contextual factors, according to a recent study. No participants reported sharing equipment as a choice -- if sterile equipment had been readily available at the time they needed it, they would have preferred to use it.
IHRC 2015: Community-based Drug Projects Provide an Alternative to Compulsory Detention in Asia
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- Category: Injection Drug Use
- Published on Monday, 02 November 2015 00:00
- Written by Roger Pebody
A series of pilot projects in China, Indonesia, and Cambodia are showing that non-coercive, community-based drug treatment projects are feasible and more effective than the current approach of many Asian countries, incarceration and compulsory treatment, according to findings presented at the 24th International Harm Reduction Conference last month in Kuala Lumpur and in a report launched at the conference.
EACS 2015: Hepatitis C Incidence Remains Stable Among HIV-Positive Gay Men in Europe
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- Category: HCV Sexual Transmission
- Published on Sunday, 01 November 2015 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
Researchers have seen no decline in new hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections among HIV-positive men who have sex with men in 16 European CASCADE cohorts, according to a poster presented at the 15th European AIDS Conference last week in Barcelona. However, trends seem to differ between various regions of Europe.
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