hepatitis

More must be done to fight deadly hepatitis

Posted on Mon, Aug 5, 2013 - 8:12pm

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hepatitis, Julio Montaner, BC-CfE, BC Centre for Excellence

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Hepatitis is a frequent headline-maker in media and creates lots of online chat in blogs, tweets and posts. No wonder, given that this liver disease is potentially life-threatening. Despite all this attention, getting people tested and treated is still a challenge for public-health practitioners.

British Columbia launches plan to fight against viral hepatitis based on HIV model

Posted on Tue, Apr 2, 2013 - 5:56pm

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HIV, hepatitis, Dr. Julio Montaner, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/ AIDS

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The plan to wipe out HIV infection by British Columbia health experts was so successful, they're trying to replicate the idea for the treatment of viral hepatitis. Concern about viral hepatitis is primarily in immigrant populations, according to Health Minister Margaret MacDiarmid, who announced $1.9 million in new provincial funding this week. She said it's common for people who come to Canada from other countries with less preventive vaccines to have viral hepatitis without knowing it - even those in their “prime.”