Prison Health is Public Health: The right to hepatitis C prevention, testing, and care in Canada’s correctional settings

Synopsis

The webinar is the fourth in a series that examines corrections as a public health setting for sexually transmitted and blood-borne infection (STBBI) testing and care. The webinar will provide an overview of the current state of hepatitis C care in correctional settings, explore evidence for prevention, testing and treatment in these facilities, and give recommendations on how to improve prison health care for hepatitis C.

Learning outcomes

Participants will:

• Learn why hepatitis C prevention, testing, and treatment in correctional settings is key to meeting Canadian elimination goals.
• Become familiar with the current state of hepatitis C prevention, testing, and treatment policies in both federal and provincial correctional settings.
• Hear quotes from individuals with lived experience of hepatitis C and incarceration about their experiences.
• Learn AHC’s recommendations to improve prison health care, both federally and provincially, as discussed in the Prison Health is Public Health report.

Access Instructions:

Instructions will be posted on Eventbrite and e-mailed to all registrants prior to the webinar. 

The presentation will be followed by a Q&A session.

Registrants are encouraged to submit questions of interest prior to the webinar to susie.taylor@umanitoba.ca.

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