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- Hepatitis C is a serious disease, but what else do you need to know about this illness? In this section, you’ll find information ...
- The main reason for getting a hepatitis C test is exposure to blood that may contain the hepatitis C virus. Testing usually happens three to six months after exposure. Early testing and diagnosis…
- Client PublicationHepatitis C and HIV are infections that can harm people's health, including people who use drugs. Your health matters and you deserve respectful care.
- Hepatitis C is passed blood to blood. Know how to protect yourself and others.
- Everything new, every time you use. Prevent hepatitis C if you inject, smoke or snort drugs.
- You can have hepatitis C and not know it. The only way to know if you have hepatitis C is to get tested for it.
- When the setting and equipment are not sterile, getting body art puts a person at risk for hepatitis C. Blood carrying the virus can be present on unsterile ...
- Hepatitis C can be passed from parent to child during pregnancy or childbirth (perinatal or vertical transmission), but the risk is low. The likelihood of the hepatitis C virus passing to a baby…
- CATIE NewsAn estimated 171,900 people in Canada injected drugs in 2016, an increase since 2011. Two-thirds of people in Canada who injected drugs received opioid agonist ...
- In Canada, two broad approaches to hepatitis C testing are used: risk-based testing and one-time testing.