Blueprint to inform hepatitis C elimination efforts in Canada
Publication details
Number of pages: 91
Publication date: May 2019
Languages: English, Français
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Overview
The Blueprint to inform hepatitis C elimination efforts in Canada was developed by CanHepC, through a consultative process, to define what needs to be done to achieve hepatitis C virus (HCV) elimination in Canada. It’s a menu of options to help provinces and territories develop their own HCV action plans to ensure we meet the World Health Organisation HCV elimination targets.
The Blueprint is divided into four sections: Priority populations, Prevention, Testing and diagnosis, Care and treatment, each including key objectives for developing the infrastructure and tools needed to achieve targets. Each section includes Suggested activities with recommended Good practices that highlight evidence-based HCV interventions. A Research agenda is also included to address key knowledge gaps related to HCV prevention, testing, care and treatment.
The Blueprint is designed to offer options that can be tailored to different contexts, cultures, populations and areas, and to ensure equity across its objectives and targets for all priority populations.
Watch the Blueprint launch session
The Blueprint was launched at the closing of the 8th Canadian Symposium on Hepatitis C Virus/Canadian Liver Meeting in Montreal on May 24th, 2019.
Blueprint briefs, news prints & more:
- RCI news article and radio interview with Dr Jordan Feld, Chairman of the Blueprint Writing Committee: Liver experts present plan to eliminate hep C in Canada
- Edmonton AM interview with Dr Brian Conway, Blueprint Writing Committee member: Canadian medical specialists have a plan to eradicate Hepatitis C in this country. Dr. Brian Conway is Medical Director of the Vancouver Infectious Diseases Centre
- OpEd from Dr Mel Krajden in The Province: Dr. Mel Krajden: The hep C miracle — from discovery to cure
- OpEd by Naglaa Shoukry in LaPresse+: Oui, nous pouvons éliminer l’hépatite C au Canada
- OpEd by Naglaa Shoukry in The Montreal Gazette: Together, we can eliminate hepatitis C
- Opinion article by André Picard in The Globe and Mail: Where is Canada’s plan to eliminate hepatitis C?
- CATIE Prevention in Focus (Fall 2019 issue): Blueprint to Inform Hepatitis C Elimination Efforts in Canada: What do service providers need to know? by Christopher Hoy
- Eliminating hepatitis C among Canadian immigrants and newcomers: how CanHepC’s blueprint will impact my work (CATIE blog posted on July 31, 2018 • by Fozia Tanveer)
- Hepatitis C elimination in Canada: Five approaches to make it happen (CATIE blog posted on July 2, 2019 • by Christopher Hoy)
- Blueprint for Hepatitis C Elimination in Canada: A priority populations and health equity approach:
- Action hepatitis Canada Blueprint one-pagers: https://www.actionhepatitiscanada.ca/blueprint.html
