Prisoners should not be left behind in HCV research and policies

• Verfasst von: Moazen, Babak [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Stöver, Heino [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Dolan, Kate [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Jahn, Albrecht [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Neuhann, Florian [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Prisoners should not be left behind in HCV research and policies
• Verf.angabe: Babak Moazen, Heino Stöver, Kate Dolan, Albrecht Jahn and Florian Neuhann
• E-Jahr: 2020
• Jahr: 24 May 2020
• Umfang: 2 S.
• Teil: volume:17
• Teil: year:2020
• Teil: elocationid:33
• Teil: pages:1-2
• Teil: extent:2
• Fussnoten: Gesehen am 31.03.2021
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: Harm reduction journal
• Ort Quelle: London : BioMed Central, 2004
• Jahr Quelle: 2020
• Band/Heft Quelle: 17(2020), Artikel-ID 33, Seite 1-2
• ISSN Quelle: 1477-7517
• DOI: doi:10.1186/s12954-020-00379-y
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• K10plus-PPN: 1752915542

Abstract

With a worldwide prevalence of 15.4%, hepatitis C virus (HCV) has been estimated to be the most prevalent major infectious disease in prisons. The exceptionally high prevalence of HCV in prisons is attributable to common risk behaviors including sharing contaminated tattooing equipment and drug paraphernalia, as well as lack of HCV control interventions including needle and syringe programs. Despite the importance of attention to prisoners as a highly at-risk population to acquire and transmit HCV, the number of HCV research and policy documents ignoring prisoners is increasing. Highlighting this issue, the present manuscript discusses how excluding prisoners from HCV-related research and policies will jeopardize the global HCV elimination goals set forth by the global community.