...SeyedAhmad SeyedAlinaghi; Behnam Farhoudi; Elnaz Shahmohamadi; Mehrnaz Rasoolinejad; Maliheh Hasannezhad; Mohammad Rasool Rashidi; Omid Dadras; Ali Moradi; Zohal Parmoon; Hooman Ebrahimi; Ali Asadollahi-Amin Purpose Hepatitis C is one of the major health issues in both developed and developing...

...Julia Anne Silano; Carla Treloar; Thomas Wright; Tracey Brown; Colette McGrath; Phillip Snoyman Purpose This commentary aims to reveal how a steering committee has effectively responded to advancing accessibility to harm reduction resources, hepatitis C virus (HCV) policy and health strategies...

...), hepatitis B (HBV), hepatitis C (HCV) and tuberculosis (TB) than those in the community. The extent of infectious disease-related mortality within the prison setting remains unclear. The purpose of this paper was to collate available information on infectious disease-related mortality, including the number...

... that a higher proportion of Australian-born inmates consumed alcohol at higher levels and were more likely to smoke on a daily or almost daily basis than overseas-born inmates. Australian-born inmates were also more likely than overseas-born inmates to have been diagnosed with cancer, epilepsy or hepatitis C...

.... Cases were identified through routine BBV testing. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach As a result of identifying four new HIV cases, targeted BBV testing across the VP units using dried blood spot testing for HIV, Hepatitis C (HCV) and Hepatitis B was undertaken...

... health assessment that included a structured history, physical examination, and clinically indicated diagnostic studies. Findings Participants were mostly PWID (83.7 percent) and diagnosed with HIV while incarcerated (66.9 percent). Prevalence of hepatitis C virus (90.4 percent), untreated syphilis...

... of HBV infection was observed. HIV Health in prison Hepatitis B Hepatitis C Blood-borne viral infections Prisoners Emanuele Pontali can be contacted at: pontals@yahoo.com In particular, the Italian prison population has characteristics that keep changing over the years...

...Michael Mokhlis Mina; Lilie Herawati; Tony Butler; Andrew Lloyd Purpose – Hepatitis C (HCV) infections are prevalent in custodial settings worldwide, yet provision of antiviral therapies is uncommon. Approximately 30,000 prisoners are held in Australian prisons at any one time, with more than 30...

...Sarah Larney; Curt G. Beckwith; Nickolas D. Zaller; Brian T. Montague; Josiah Rich Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to consider the potential benefits and challenges of applying a strategy of “seek, test, treat and retain” (STTR) to hepatitis C virus (HCV) in the US criminal justice system...

.../methodology/approach – An e-module was used to improve staff understanding of hepatitis B (HBV), hepatitis C (HCV) and HIV at a prison in Wales, UK. An assessment was used to gather data on prison staff understanding of BBVs prior to undertaking the e-module. Findings – In total, 530/697 (76 per cent...

... services in England and Wales have gained priority on the prison health agenda since the launch of the hepatitis action plans in England and Wales (Department of Health, 2004 ; Welsh Government, 2010). The latest survey of hepatitis C services in English prisons showed that 74 per cent of prisons...

... at: marc.lehmann@jvkb.berlin.de © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Germany Prisons Health care Mental illness Prison medicine Prison psychiatry Mental disorders Addiction German penal system Hepatitis C Of the 80 million inhabitants of Germany, on average, 70,000 are in prison...

... high prevalence of co‐infection, testing for HBV and HCV in all HIV‐infected inmates at entry in any correctional system is recommended to identify those in need of specific care and/or preventing interventions. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Hepatitis B Hepatitis C HIV...