http://www.harmreduction.org/ http://www.harmreduction.org/article.php?id=961 <div class="text blurb">The Harm Reduction Coalition (HRC), a national health and human rights advocacy group working to reduce drug-related harm, calls on Congress and the Administration to take immediate action to stem the tide of hepatitis B and C infections and chronic liver disease. HRC issues this call in response to a comprehensive new Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, “Hepatitis and Liver Cancer: A National Strategy for Prevention and Control of Hepatitis B and C.”</div> Mon, 11 Jan 2010 http://www.harmreduction.org/article.php?id=961 http://www.harmreduction.org/article.php?id=875 <div class="text blurb">Some brief videos that address the effectiveness of cleaning syringes to reduce the risk of contamination of Hepatitis C, Hepatitis B & HIV</div> http://www.harmreduction.org/article.php?id=875 http://www.harmreduction.org/article.php?id=853 <div class="text blurb">This Hepatitis C Counseling Manual is written for practitioners who will be providing Hepatitis C testing and discussing risk reduction strategies with active and former drug users.</div> http://www.harmreduction.org/article.php?id=853 http://www.harmreduction.org/article.php?id=848 <div class="text blurb">Esta guía ha sido desarrollada con información colectiva de participantes de programas de intercambio de jeringuillas y proveedores de servicios que trabajan con grupos de apoyo de la hepatitis C (VHC) en la Ciudad de Nueva York. Juntos hemos reunido algunas de “las mejores practicas” para establecer grupos para personas con VHC basados en reducción de daño. También ofrecemos a los facilitadores sugerencias prácticas y herramientas creativas para efectivamente mantener un grupo que cumpla con las necesidades únicas y diversas de aquellos que usaron y que aun usan drogas. (Spanish Version of HCV Support Groups for Drug Users)</div> http://www.harmreduction.org/article.php?id=848 http://www.harmreduction.org/article.php?id=847 <div class="text blurb">This guide was developed with the collective input of syringe exchange participants and service providers involved in hepatitis C (HCV) support groups throughout New York City. Together we have compiled some ‘best practices’ for establishing HCV groups within a harm reduction framework. We also offer facilitators practical suggestions and creative tools for effectively maintaining a group that meets the unique and varied needs of drug users.</div> http://www.harmreduction.org/article.php?id=847 http://www.harmreduction.org/article.php?id=845 http://www.harmreduction.org/article.php?id=845 http://www.harmreduction.org/article.php?id=844 <div class="text blurb">The Frontline Hepatitis C Training introduces basic concepts about outreach work, peer education, and hepatitis C using a standard format. This 3 session training was designed to help syringe exchange peers integrate hepatitis C into their work with current and former drug users. </div> http://www.harmreduction.org/article.php?id=844 http://www.harmreduction.org//downloads/SFHEP.pdf <div class="text blurb">A resource guide for San Francisco viral hepatitis prevention and care services. </div> http://www.harmreduction.org//downloads/SFHEP.pdf http://www.harmreduction.org/article.php?id=822 <div class="text blurb">by Narelle Ellendon, Sept 2nd, 2008</div> http://www.harmreduction.org/article.php?id=822 http://www.harmreduction.org/article.php?id=503 <div class="text blurb">HRC advocates for the following standards of practice with regard to hepatitis C virus (HCV) and drug users. </div> http://www.harmreduction.org/article.php?id=503 http://www.harmreduction.org/article.php?id=403 <div class="text blurb">This is an introduction to some of the wealth of research on hepatitis C prevention, care, and treatment for injecting drug users. </div> http://www.harmreduction.org/article.php?id=403 http://www.hepcproject.typepad.com/ <div class="text blurb">The Hepatitis C Harm Reduction Project was a NYC Council-funded technical assistance project initiated in late 2003 based on advocacy efforts of the Injection Drug User Health Alliance (IDUHA). From 2003 through 2007, Hepatitis C Project Staff designed and implemented model forms of hepatitis C programming at New York City’s 13 Syringe Exchange and Expanded Syringe Access Programs (ESAP). These Service Delivery Models include: hepatitis C testing, HAV/HBV vaccination, treatment education and support groups, drug-user led prevention initiatives, and expanded access to care and treatment.</div> http://www.hepcproject.typepad.com/ http://www.harmreduction.org/article.php?id=201 http://www.harmreduction.org/article.php?id=201 http://www.harmreduction.org/article.php?id=200 <div class="text blurb">The 1997 NIH HCV Guidelines generated by the Management of Hepatitis C National Institutes Of Health Consensus Development Conference stated that "Treatment of patients who are drinking significant amounts of alcohol or who are actively using illicit drugs should be delayed until these habits are discontinued for at least 6 months." This effort was successful in changing NIH guidelines.</div> http://www.harmreduction.org/article.php?id=200