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Session H: Enhancing the HCV Care Cascade

Thursday, September 20, 2018
9:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Sala I + II

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Mrs Karine Lacombe
Professor
Egg au Carré

Point-Of-Care Testing and Diagnostics for HCV Infection: Have we Reached a Single-Visit Diagnosis?

9:00 AM - 9:20 AM

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Video Recording

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Prof John Dillon
Professor of hepatology and gastroenterology
University of Dundee

Strategies to Foster Task-Shifting and Broaden Models of HCV Prevention and Care

9:20 AM - 9:40 AM

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Dr Shruti Mehta
Professor
Johns Hopkins University

Strategies to Facilitate Linkage to Care for PWID in Low and Middle Income Countries

9:40 AM - 10:00 AM

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Video Recording

Biography

Questions & Discussion

Questions & Discussion

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Biography

David H. Cloud
Phd Student
Emory University, Rollins School Of Public Health

Rural Risk Environment For Hepatitis C Among Young Adults Who Use Opioids In Appalachian Kentucky

10:15 AM - 10:30 AM

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Biography

David H. Cloud, JD/MPH is a PhD student at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University. He is a trained lawyer interested in empirical studies of how laws, policies, and institutional practices shape risk environments for infectious disease, overdose, and other harms among people who use drugs.
Miss Léa Duchesne
Phd Student
Inserm

Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Of Testing Strategies For Diagnosing Hepatitis C Virus Infection In PWIDS In Resource-Constrained Countries

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM

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Biography

Léa Duchesne is currently preparing a doctoral thesis in epidemiology under the supervision of Dr Karine Lacombe (Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris, France) which focuses on the possibility of implementing test and treat strategies for HCV care in resource-constrained countries.

Chair

Joe Doyle
Deputy Program Director, Disease Elimination
Burnet Institute

Anne Øvrehus
MD, Staff Specialist
Odense University Hospital

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