Offering HCV treatment to prisoners is an important opportunity: key principles based on policy and practice assessment in Europe

• Main Authors: H. Stöver (Author), F. Meroueh (Author), A. Marco (Author), K. Keppler (Author), P. Saiz de la Hoya (Author), R. Littlewood (Author), N. Wright (Author), F. Nava (Author), F. Alam (Author), S. Walcher (Author), L. Somaini (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Prisoners have a high prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection but may find it difficult to access healthcare services. This may be related to risk behaviour including history of injecting drugs and marginalisation related to problem drug use/ opioid use disorder (OUD). Di...