- Hepatitis C is a liver infection caused by the hepatitis C virus. About one in four people clear hepatitis C on their own (spontaneous clearance), and the others go on to develop chronic hepatitis C.
- Testing can take place in a variety of settings, including healthcare providers’ offices, hospitals, public health clinics, prisons, health centres, and mobile health vans or other outreach settings.
- Key points Hepatitis (liver injury) can result from a variety of causes, including viruses, medicines, alcohol, chemicals and other toxins. ...
- Engaging in hepatitis C testing can be a helpful way for people to enter the health environment and be linked with other services, such as harm reduction, social services, primary health care,…
- Prevention in FocusCATIE asked two service providers about how their programs help to engage women at risk of syphilis in prenatal care and how they support syphilis prevention, testing and treatment.
- To achieve and maintain an undetectable viral load, people living with HIV need to take their HIV treatment as prescribed. In addition to taking HIV medications, regular medical visits are important…
- This CATIE statement summarizes the best available evidence on the effectiveness of PrEP to prevent HIV for people who use drugs. This statement was developed to help service providers in Canada…
- We offer instructor-led courses that combine online education with discussion forums and live training facilitated by knowledgeable CATIE educators. CATIE’s Hepatitis C Treatment course aims to…
- The CATIE statements summarize the best available evidence on the effectiveness of new approaches. These statements were developed to help service providers in Canada adapt their programs and…
- WebinarThis webinar will present hepatitis C elimination strategies from the United States and Australia, two promising international models that can help inform our approaches to elimination efforts in…
- This fact sheet provides a snapshot of the hepatitis C epidemic in Canada.
- There has been a treatment revolution in hepatitis C: safe and highly effective direct-acting antiviral (DAA) treatment can now cure hepatitis C in as little as eight to 12 weeks. The availability of…