The role of low-income and middle-income country prisons in eliminating Hepatitis C

dc.contributor.authorAkiyama, Matthew J.
dc.contributor.authorKronfli, Nadine
dc.contributor.authorCabezas, Joaquin
dc.contributor.authorSheehan, Yumi
dc.contributor.authorScheibe, Andrew
dc.contributor.authorBrahni, Taha
dc.contributor.authorNaik, Kunal
dc.contributor.authorMashabela, Pelmos
dc.contributor.authorChan, Polin
dc.contributor.authorLuhmann, Niklas
dc.contributor.authorLloyd, Andrew R.
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-31T13:24:14Z
dc.date.available2023-08-31T13:24:14Z
dc.date.issued2022-07
dc.description.abstractHepatitis C virus (HCV) is a global health problem affecting 58 million people, 80% of whom live in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). In 2019, 1·5 million new HCV infections and 290 000 HCV-related deaths were estimated worldwide. One in two people who inject drugs has been exposed to HCV, and nearly half of incident HCV infections could be prevented if transmission risk due to injection drug use was removed. Mainly as a result of the criminalisation of substance use and the incarceration of people who use drugs, HCV is the most prevalent infectious disease in carceral settings worldwide. However, HCV-related data from prisons in LMICs are scarce.en_US
dc.description.departmentFamily Medicineen_US
dc.description.librarianam2023en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipResearch grants from AbbVie, Gilead Sciences, ViiV Healthcare, Merck Canada and Sequiris.en_US
dc.description.uriwww.thelancet.com/public-healthen_US
dc.description.urihttps://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/justice-and-prison-reform/NMRules.htmlen_US
dc.description.urihttp://www.thelancet.com/public-healthen_US
dc.identifier.citationAkiyama, M.J., Kronfli, N., Cabezas, J. et al. 2022, 'The role of low-income and middle-income country prisons in eliminating hepatitis C', Lancet Public Health, vol. 7, no. 7, pp. e578-e579. DOI : 10.1016/S2468-2667(22)00119-0.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2468-2667
dc.identifier.other10.1016/S2468-2667(22)00119-0
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/92129
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.rights© 2022 The Author(s). This is an Open Access article under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license.en_US
dc.subjectHepatitis C virus (HCV)en_US
dc.subjectInfectionsen_US
dc.subjectDeathsen_US
dc.subjectSDG-03: Good health and well-beingen_US
dc.subjectLow- and middle-income countries (LMICs)en_US
dc.subjectCriminalisationen_US
dc.subjectSubstance useen_US
dc.subjectIncarcerationen_US
dc.subjectPeople who use drugsen_US
dc.subject.otherHealth sciences articles SDG-03
dc.subject.otherSDG-03: Good health and well-being
dc.titleThe role of low-income and middle-income country prisons in eliminating Hepatitis Cen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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