BLUEPRINT TOINFORM HEPATITIS C ELIMINATION EFFORTS IN CANADA

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Written By Misc authors

Canada is facing twin HCV epidemics - one of new infections, primarily among young people who inject drugs (PWID), and one of long-standing HCV infections among people born between 1945 and 1975. People born between 1945 and 1975 account for over 60% of HCV infections in Canada.3, 9 As they age, rates of liver failure, liver cancer and death among this birth cohort are expected to rise rapidly.2 In addition to the human toll, the increasing rate of complications from HCV will be very costly to the healthcare system.

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