Limiting re-infection with hepatitis C in people who use drugs is most likely to be achieved by intensifying provision of sterile injecting equipment for people using needle and syringe programmes and increasing the number of people who inject drugs who are treated, rather than withholding treatment for people who inject drugs until they stop injecting, a Scottish study suggests.
The study looked at rates of re-infection according to a person’s pathway to treatment in the Tayside region of Scotland. The region has a high prevalence of hepatitis C and efforts to eliminate hepatitis C have used multiple pathways to reach people with testing and treatment services.
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