This SPNS initiative supported expansion of Hepatitis C (HCV) prevention, testing, care, and treatment capacity; improvement in the coordination of linkage to and retention in HCV care and treatment for people with both HIV and HCV; and improvement in coordination with SAMHSA-funded substance use disorder (SUD) treatment providers to deliver behavioral health and SUD treatment support to achieve treatment completion and prevent HCV infection and re-infection.
In addition, the initiative supported enhancement of state, local and tribal health department surveillance systems. The goal was to increase their capacity to monitor acute and chronic infections of HIV and HCV in areas of high populations or low-income, uninsured, and underserved racial and ethnic minorities.
This SPNS initiative was supported through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Minority HIV/AIDS Fund.
Initiative Products
Publications and Presentations
- Allison WE, Choi AN, Kawasaki K, Melhado TV, (2021). Evaluating the Effectiveness of the AIDS Education and Training Center (AETC) National Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Curriculum. Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development, Volume 8.
- Allison W, Johnson JP, Rochat A, et al. (2019) P384 Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) implemented for Hepatitis C (HCV)/HIV co-infected patients in Texas, USA. Sexually Transmitted Infections 2019;95:A190.
- Allison WE, Melhado T, Kawasaki K, Desai A, Bobadilla R. (2019) 1290. Community Screening and Education for HIV and Hepatitis C (HCV) infection in South Texas with Rapid Point of Care Testing and a Mobile Phone Application (app), Open Forum Infectious Diseases, Volume 6, Issue Supplement_2, October 2019, Page S465.