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Diagnosis and treatment of hepatitis C virus infection: a tool for engagement with people who inject

Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES) faces the interrelated challenges of poverty, homelessness, mental health, addiction, and medical issue

Alimohammadi A, Holeksa J, Parsons R, Yung R, Amiri N, Truong D, Conway B. Diagnosis and engagement of hepatitis C virus infection: a tool for engagement with people who inject drugs in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Canadian Liver Journal. 2018; 1(2).

Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES) faces the interrelated challenges of poverty, homelessness, mental health, addiction, and medical issues such as hepatitis C virus (HCV). This study evaluates a new model of engagement with people who inject drugs (PWID) in the DTES.

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