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Research Article: Accessing hepatitis C direct acting antivirals among people living with hepatitis C: a qualitative study

Date Published: 2023-10-11

Abstract:
Hepatitis C is curable with direct-acting antivirals (DAAs). However, treatment uptake remains low among marginalized populations such as people who inject drugs. We sought to understand challenges to treatment uptake with DAAs among people living with hepatitis C and compare treatment experiences between people who do and do not inject prescription and/or unregulated drugs.

Introduction:
Chronic hepatitis C viral (HCV) infection is a significant global public health concern, affecting an estimated 71 million people worldwide [1]. Because of multiple intersecting social and structural vulnerabilities, including criminalization, poverty and stigma, people who inject drugs remain especially vulnerable to HCV infection and reinfection, [2,3,4,5,6,7] with an estimated 6.1 million individuals who inject drugs worldwide living with hepatitis C [8]. In Canada, an estimated 194,500 individuals were living…

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