Linkage to Care in Viral Hepatitis | Room 714

Saturday, June 16, 2018
2:00 PM to 3:45 PM

Chairs: Mindie Nguyen & Hemant Shah

Invited Presentations:

2:00pm
National screening approaches - not one size fits all
Mel Krajden, BC Centre For Disease Control, Vancouver

2:25pm
Engaging the hard-to-reach - is there evidence on what is working?
Stacey Trooskin, Philadelphia Fight Community Health Centers, Philadelphia

2:50pm
Linkage to care in low-middle income countries - strategies & data
Maud Lemoine , Imperial College London, London

Oral Abstracts:

3:15pm
Prevention and care cascade for hepatitis C among people who inject drugs in British Columbia, Canada
Naveed Janjua, BC Centre For Disease Control, Vancouver

3:30pm
Extension of Hepatitis C Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment into the Community: A Low Cost, Point of Care, Test and Treat Model for Pakistan
Adeel Khoja, The Aga Khan University, Karachi