CANADA: Safe Injections Sites Needed Across Canada to Boost Fight Against Hepatitis B, C

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CDC 07-29-11

CANADA: " Safe Injections Sites Needed Across Canada to Boost Fight Against

Hepatitis B, C "

Canadian Press (07.28.11)

Supervised injection facilities, syringe exchanges, and methadone clinics are

needed across Canada, according to a new report issued by the Canadian Coalition

of Organizations Responding to Hepatitis B and C. These and other resources to

fight hepatitis are inconsistently available in Canada, the coalition said.

Coordination is especially lacking in Prince Island, Nunavut, and the

Northwest Territories, and “governments are essentially failing in terms of the

prison population,” the report found. “There is no consistency from one

institution to the next. Harm-reduction measures, resources, and equipment must

be available and accessible in all provincial and federal institutions.”

“All governments need to adopt a broader perspective on the determinants of

health if they are to be able to address the harms associated with drug use and

drug-use policy,” the report said.

The report gave governments grades of “C-minus” for ensuring that every infant

receives free vaccination against hepatitis A and B, as well as for identifying

those in need of catch-up vaccines.

Further, “too many people remain undiagnosed and untreated for [hepatitis C],”

the report said. “Screening based on age, as well as risk, needs to be

enforced.”

The report recommends the federal government add hepatitis B to the list of

reportable infections, which already includes hepatitis C. Federal officials

also should take a more active role in promoting organ donation, as there are

too few liver transplants for hepatitis-related organ failures, the report said.

For more information, visit: http://www.canadianHepatitis Coalition.ca/.

[Guest guest]

CDC 07-29-11

CANADA: " Safe Injections Sites Needed Across Canada to Boost Fight Against

Hepatitis B, C "

Canadian Press (07.28.11)

Supervised injection facilities, syringe exchanges, and methadone clinics are

needed across Canada, according to a new report issued by the Canadian Coalition

of Organizations Responding to Hepatitis B and C. These and other resources to

fight hepatitis are inconsistently available in Canada, the coalition said.

Coordination is especially lacking in Prince Island, Nunavut, and the

Northwest Territories, and “governments are essentially failing in terms of the

prison population,” the report found. “There is no consistency from one

institution to the next. Harm-reduction measures, resources, and equipment must

be available and accessible in all provincial and federal institutions.”

“All governments need to adopt a broader perspective on the determinants of

health if they are to be able to address the harms associated with drug use and

drug-use policy,” the report said.

The report gave governments grades of “C-minus” for ensuring that every infant

receives free vaccination against hepatitis A and B, as well as for identifying

those in need of catch-up vaccines.

Further, “too many people remain undiagnosed and untreated for [hepatitis C],”

the report said. “Screening based on age, as well as risk, needs to be

enforced.”

The report recommends the federal government add hepatitis B to the list of

reportable infections, which already includes hepatitis C. Federal officials

also should take a more active role in promoting organ donation, as there are

too few liver transplants for hepatitis-related organ failures, the report said.

For more information, visit: http://www.canadianHepatitis Coalition.ca/.

[Guest guest]

CDC 07-29-11

CANADA: " Safe Injections Sites Needed Across Canada to Boost Fight Against

Hepatitis B, C "

Canadian Press (07.28.11)

Supervised injection facilities, syringe exchanges, and methadone clinics are

needed across Canada, according to a new report issued by the Canadian Coalition

of Organizations Responding to Hepatitis B and C. These and other resources to

fight hepatitis are inconsistently available in Canada, the coalition said.

Coordination is especially lacking in Prince Island, Nunavut, and the

Northwest Territories, and “governments are essentially failing in terms of the

prison population,” the report found. “There is no consistency from one

institution to the next. Harm-reduction measures, resources, and equipment must

be available and accessible in all provincial and federal institutions.”

“All governments need to adopt a broader perspective on the determinants of

health if they are to be able to address the harms associated with drug use and

drug-use policy,” the report said.

The report gave governments grades of “C-minus” for ensuring that every infant

receives free vaccination against hepatitis A and B, as well as for identifying

those in need of catch-up vaccines.

Further, “too many people remain undiagnosed and untreated for [hepatitis C],”

the report said. “Screening based on age, as well as risk, needs to be

enforced.”

The report recommends the federal government add hepatitis B to the list of

reportable infections, which already includes hepatitis C. Federal officials

also should take a more active role in promoting organ donation, as there are

too few liver transplants for hepatitis-related organ failures, the report said.

For more information, visit: http://www.canadianHepatitis Coalition.ca/.

[Guest guest]

CDC 07-29-11

CANADA: " Safe Injections Sites Needed Across Canada to Boost Fight Against

Hepatitis B, C "

Canadian Press (07.28.11)

Supervised injection facilities, syringe exchanges, and methadone clinics are

needed across Canada, according to a new report issued by the Canadian Coalition

of Organizations Responding to Hepatitis B and C. These and other resources to

fight hepatitis are inconsistently available in Canada, the coalition said.

Coordination is especially lacking in Prince Island, Nunavut, and the

Northwest Territories, and “governments are essentially failing in terms of the

prison population,” the report found. “There is no consistency from one

institution to the next. Harm-reduction measures, resources, and equipment must

be available and accessible in all provincial and federal institutions.”

“All governments need to adopt a broader perspective on the determinants of

health if they are to be able to address the harms associated with drug use and

drug-use policy,” the report said.

The report gave governments grades of “C-minus” for ensuring that every infant

receives free vaccination against hepatitis A and B, as well as for identifying

those in need of catch-up vaccines.

Further, “too many people remain undiagnosed and untreated for [hepatitis C],”

the report said. “Screening based on age, as well as risk, needs to be

enforced.”

The report recommends the federal government add hepatitis B to the list of

reportable infections, which already includes hepatitis C. Federal officials

also should take a more active role in promoting organ donation, as there are

too few liver transplants for hepatitis-related organ failures, the report said.

For more information, visit: http://www.canadianHepatitis Coalition.ca/.