Barriers and advocacy needs for hepatitis C services in prisons: Informing the prisons hepatitis C advocacy toolkit.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Carceral settings are a key focus of the 2030 WHO global hepatitis C virus (HCV) elimination goals. Despite this, access to HCV testing and treatment services in prisons remains low globally, limiting opportunities to achieve these goals. Advocacy efforts are needed to address service inequities and mobilise support for enhanced HCV programs in prisons globally. INHSU Prisons, a special interest group of the International Network on Health and Hepatitis in Substance Users (INHSU) is developing a Prisons HCV Advocacy Toolkit to address this need. Here we present findings of a mixed study to inform the development of the Toolkit.

Methods

The aim of this study was to inform the development of the Toolkit, including understanding barriers for scaling up prison-based H

SUBMITTER: Walker SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11106844 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature