Category: Hepatitis C

World Hepatitis Day 2022

July 28th is World World Hepatitis Day, a day to raise awareness, educate and advocate. If you have events or resources you wish to share, please let us know. This page will be updated as more information comes in.   PAN Launches Leadership Course for World Hepatitis Day There are many ways you can get… Read more »

Date: July 28, 2022 Time: 9 AM Pacific time   For World Hepatitis Day, this session will share information on how safer supply providers can integrate hepatitis C care into their practice. This will include an overview of hepatitis C testing, treatment and prevention, examples of how other safer supply programs are providing hepatitis C… Read more »

The You Matter Project: Pathways to care for STBBIs

  The You Matter Project: Pathways to care for STBBIs: A guideline and policy recommendations for STBBI testing and linkage to care in British Columbia Provincial Correctional Settings   Although STBBI screening is available on request in correctional centres across Canada, without accepted best practices for opt-out or universal STBBI testing and linkage to care,… Read more »

5 Questions with Jennifer Demchuk, Research Manager

  What sparked your interest in working in the HIV or hepatitis C community? Throughout nearly two decades of work with social justice issues and organizations, there have been strands of HIV and hepatitis C advocacy woven through my experience both personally and professionally. I had a basic understanding of some of the ongoing challenges… Read more »

World Indigenous Peoples’ Conference on Viral Hepatitis

from World Indigenous Peoples’ Conference on Viral Hepatitis site   June 22-23, 2022, Online Registration is free Featuring leading hepatitis experts and Indigenous leaders in health and wellness, the latest medical and frontline developments in hepatitis testing, treatment and care, the wisdom and knowledge of Elders, lived and living experiences of hepatitis, and cultural performances!… Read more »

Canadian Viral Hepatitis Elimination Day

  By taking part in Canadian Viral Hepatitis Elimination Day on May 11th, you can amplify our call for the federal government, as well as each province and territory, to bring urgency to eliminating viral hepatitis as a public health threat in Canada by 2030. Visit Action Hepatitis Canada to get more informationa and social… Read more »

Test Link Call project

  The Test Link Call project is helping people with hepatitis C access care, and your organization can be a part of it. The Test Link Call project was originally launched to assist people living with hep C to connect to treatment after release from provincial prison- by providing them with connection to a Peer… Read more »

Date: April 20, 2022 Time: 10 AM Pacific time The Public Health Agency of Canada’s Centre for Communicable Diseases and Infection Control presents hepatitis B and C Canadian surveillance data by sex, age, province, and territory from 2010 to 2019 and will provide an interpretation of this data in the context of relevant Canadian literature…. Read more »

Webinar: Prison Health is Public Health

Date: April 12, 2022 Time: 9:30 AM Pacific Action Hepatitis Canada has released a new report: Prison Health is Public Health: The Right to Hepatitis C Prevention, Diagnosis, and Care in Canada’s Correctional Settings. People who are incarcerated (PWAI) are identified as a priority population for HCV care, as they are 40 times more likely… Read more »

Please join us  February 15 to review the successes and learnings of 2021, and hear about our plans for 2022. This is a great chance to get connected, ask questions, and let us know how we can best support you in your hepatitis advocacy work. Date: February 15, 2022. Time: 9:30 AM Pacific time Register… Read more »

Description The Executive Director is the key management leader of the Coalition of Peers Dismantling the Drug War Society (CPDDW). The Executive Director is responsible for overseeing the administration, programs and strategic plan of the organization. Other key duties include fundraising, and community outreach. The position reports directly to the Board of Directors and work… Read more »

Via Action Hepatitis Canada Action Hepatitis Canada is inviting you to join us, along with CanHepC, the Canadian HBV Network, and the Canadian Liver Foundation, as a signee to this letter to the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care (CTFPHC). We are requesting a re-evaluation of the CTFPHC’s 2017 hepatitis C screening guidelines and… Read more »