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Hep C Intervention Symposium (International Network on Health and Hepatitis in Substance Users)
April 10 @ 9:30 am - 3:00 pm EDT
Hep C Intervention Symposium
Thursday, April 10 | 9:30 AM – 3 PM
Location: Hilton Knoxville (501 W Church Ave, Knoxville, TN 37902)
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Description:
This symposium will showcase best practice models of care, highlighting key research, challenges and learnings in a collaborative environment, with the aim of supporting participants to develop or enhance their own Hep C or HIV models of care.
It is intended for anyone working with people who use drugs, interested in implementing or scaling up interventions for Hep C in their service setting, including doctors, nurses, frontline workers, peer workers, program managers, pharmacists, and policymakers from a variety of settings.
By the end of this symposia, you will be able to:
- Understand evidence-based interventions demonstrated to enhance the Hep C care cascade
- Understand the Hep C care cascade and be able to identify areas for enhancement in service delivery
- Describe how a range of interventions work and how they can be implemented to enhance models of Hep C and integrated HIV care and overcome barriers to case finding, testing, diagnosis and linkage to care
- Identify suitable interventions to enhance service delivery
- Analyze barriers of implementing successful interventions and how to overcome them
Questions? Contact Olivia.Dawson@inhsu.org
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