Infección de hepatitis C entre jóvenes usuarios de drogas inyectadas: abordando una tendencia incipiente

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Infección de hepatitis C entre jóvenes usuarios de drogas inyectadas: abordando una tendencia incipiente

26 junio 2013

El Plan de acción para la prevención, la atención y el tratamiento de la hepatitis viral busca mejorar la sensibilización sobre los altos índices de transmisión del VHC entre las personas que consumen drogas inyectables, y abordar el problema. Más información, en inglés, está disponible abajo.

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In recent years, there has been an emerging epidemic of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among young injection drug users (IDU) in rural and suburban settings. Early this spring, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services convened a multidisciplinary technical consultation to discuss the existing evidence and to identify and define priorities for the development of a public health response.

Already working together to implement the Action Plan for the Prevention, Care, and Treatment of Viral Hepatitis—which includes among its priorities “reducing viral hepatitis caused by drug use behaviors”—the Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy, the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration organized the consultation which brought together representatives of federal agencies, state health department officials, researchers, care providers, staff of community-based organizations, and other experts in the field.

Injection drug use is known to play a major role in HCV transmission. Surveillance data shared by Massachusetts in 2010 put a spotlight on an emerging HCV infection trend among young PWID.

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