Australia must increase testing and improve linkage to care in order to eliminate HCV by 2030, new research shows. To help, one Australian project is replicating a successful model of diabetes screening and treatment at Blacktown Hospital in Western Sydney to improve HCV awareness among at risk groups including people who inject drugs.

In Austria, a project aiming to increase HCV awareness and screenings is in development, seeking to identify undiagnosed and untreated patients in an effort to increase the diagnosis and treatment rates among men who have sex with men.

In Estonia, a protocol is being developed to test, treat and follow up with adult hospital patients with elevated liver enzymes who are at risk for hepatitis C infection. Today, these patients are undiagnosed due to the lack of funding for screening.

In France, a project is being developed to locate patients who have fallen off the HCV treatment pathway after moving and changing addresses. This project will help link these patients back to care and the HCV treatment pathway.

In Germany, a new referral network called Project Plus has been set up at addiction treatment centers. The network is helping people who inject drugs battle addiction and other challenges they face, enabling them to prioritize hepatitis C care.

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In Israel, an effort to map the most frequented locations of people who inject drugs is helping healthcare providers bring laboratory services and hepatitis C treatment to places where these patients feel comfortable.

This AbbVie-sponsored project in Italy is working to educate people who use drugs about hepatitis C including screenings and early diagnosis, as well as improve the linkage to care and treatment rate through educational activities. 

In Japan, a partnership between local and regional governments is helping to improve hepatitis C awareness among general practitioners and non-specialists to support the HCV referral system and link more patients to care.

In the IMSS Regional State of Eastern Mexico, a project is determining how effective systematically implementing the ‘5 Steps to Micro-elimination Model’ is to eliminate hepatitis C in dialysis clinics.

In Portugal, a former inmate has created a peer-to-peer counseling program, One Step More, that goes inside prison walls to motivate people to seek hepatitis C care.

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A project in Romania is working to show that hepatitis C elimination is possible through cost-effective, point-of-care testing using a rapid finger stick test in regional hospitals.

A new project in Russia, HCV Free Childhood, is developing a roadmap to maximize adolescent screening, referral and treatment for hepatitis C.

In a remote South Korean mountain town, physicians and medical education experts are raising awareness of hepatitis C and testing adults aged 40-79, a high-risk age group.

A project in Spain is helping to facilitate hepatitis C patient referrals from general practitioners to specialists, and build a referral network at harm reduction centers to help people who inject drugs.

A project in Switzerland is working to increase the involvement of general practitioners in the testing, treatment and diagnosis of hepatitis C to close gaps in the treatment cascade.

People who inject drugs (PWIDs) are the largest identifiable high-risk population for HCV in Switzerland. A project here seeks to establish testing at drug treatment centers and launch peer programs to motivate PWIDs to seek screenings and care.

Dr. Nancy Reau discusses HCV elimination efforts in Illinois.

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In western Maryland, a university-based project has established a telehealth clinic here to improve care.

Dr. David Bernstein discusses HCV elimination efforts in New York.

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Dr. Christian Ramers discusses HCV elimination efforts in San Diego.

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