1. EVENTS
Hepatitis C Peer Support Group
Every Wednesday from 1:15-3pm
131 John St S (inside the Canadian Mental Association
Building (lower level) Across from the GO Station. All
welcome.
6th Canadian Symposium on HCV
Canadian Network on Hepatitis C
March 3, 2017
Banff, AB
CAHN Education Day 2017
Canadian Association of Hepatology Nurses
March 3 to 5, 2017
Banff, AB
25th Harm Reduction International Conference
Harm Reduction International
May 14 to 17, 2017
Montréal, QC
HEP C NEWS HEADLINES
A great 2017 resource by Genotype to treat HCV
https://hepatitiscnewdrugs.blogspot.ca/p/2017hcv-
genotypestreatment.html
Epclusa by Gilead Science is approved in Canada for
genotypes 1-6.
http://www.catie.ca/en/fact-sheets/hepatitis/epclusa-
velpatasvir-sofosbuvir
A great resource for someone living in the same household
as a HCV+ person.
http://hcvadvocate.org/hepatitis/easyfacts/PREVENTION
%20in%20a%20household.pdf
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Did you
know?
What does it mean to be
CURED from Hepatitis
C?
Cure means the Hep C
virus is not detected in the
blood 3 months after
treatment is completed.
The medical term used is
that the patient received a
Sustained Virologic
Response or SVR for
short!
New
Developments
in Hep C
Sexual
Transmission in
HCV
A study done by Dr.
Norah A. Terrault
explores the Sexual
transmission of
hepatitis C virus
among monogamous
heterosexual couples
was part of the HCV
partners study
concluded that the
risk of sexual
transmission among
monogamous
heterosexual couples
was very rare (0.6%).
This is good news for
couples in long term
relationships in which
one of the partners is
living with HCV.
For more on this
Study you can watch
the podcast on the
AASLD website
http://www.aasld.org
/events-professional-
development/sexual-
transmission-
hepatitis-c
Or read the abstract
here:
http://onlinelibrar
y.wiley.com/doi/10
.1002/hep.26164/f
ull
.
Please contact Suzanne Edwards
Hep C Community Coordinator at
suzanne.hepc@gmail.com
The medical or legal information in
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an information resource only, and
is not to be used or relied on for
any legal advice, diagnostic or
treatment purposes
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February, 2017
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Hep C News Issue 15 February, 2017