Project Inform is pleased to announce its partnership in the launch of a new national helpline, 877-HELP-4-HEP (877-435-7443), run by and for people affected by hepatitis C. This consumer resource is the result of two year-long collaboration among five national nonprofits with a combined 90 years’…Read More
Category Archives: Hepatitis C care & treatment
August 23, 2012
New national collaboration closes loop between hepatitis C testing and care for undiagnosed baby boomers
Media Contact: Andrew Reynolds (877)-435-7443 x105 SAN FRANCISCO, CA: The Support Partnership (TSP) is proud to announce a new collaboration with HealthPro, as the two nationally recognized leaders in community health launch a new project to help baby boomers born 1945–65 learn their hepatitis C status…Read More
April 27, 2012
All HIV+ people should be screened for hepatitis C
In the US, it’s estimated that 1 out of every 3–4 people living with HIV also has the hepatitis C virus (HCV). That’s nearly 350,000 Americans who could face serious liver disease at some point in their lives. However, most of these individuals are unaware of…Read More
March 26, 2012
HELP-4-HEP support line now up and running
On February 1 this year the 877-HELP-4-HEP national support line was launched by The Support Partnership (TSP), a collaboration of five national hepatitis C organizations. Run by and for people affected by hepatitis C, this national consumer resource provides information, referrals and a call-back service to…Read More
Results from a small study of 100 co-infected people treated with Victrelis + pegylated interferon + ribavirin showed that 61% had undetectable viral loads at 12 weeks after stopping their hepatitis C treatment. All study participants were given pegylated interferon + ribavirin for the first 4…Read More
Results from a small study of 62 co-infected people treated with Incivek showed that 74% had undetectable viral loads at 12 weeks after stopping their hepatitis C treatment, compared to 45% on pegylated interferon + ribavirin alone. About one-quarter were not on HIV treatment (13) while…Read More
February 6, 2012
Project Inform pleased to be a founding partner of new national 877-HELP-4-HEP hepatitis C helpline
People coinfected with both HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1 who added 12 weeks of telaprevir (Incivek) to pegylated interferon and ribavirin (P/R) had better 24-week on-treatment response rates than those who used pegylated interferon and ribavirin alone. These data were presented at the…Read More