Eliminating hepatitis C will mean uniting all of us behind a collective effort to overcome the obstacles. The estimated 300 micro-elimination projects that AbbVie supports are forging partnerships that help concentrate our efforts, share learnings and scale what works. These are just a few of our efforts to date:
AbbVie Australia
No C in Blacktown
An 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.
AbbVie Austria
STD and HCV Awareness
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.
AbbVie Estonia
From Micro to Macro
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.
AbbVie France
RECONVOC
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.
AbbVie Germany
Project Plus
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.
AbbVie Israel
Road to the Cure
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.
AbbVie Italy
HAND: Hepatitis Addiction Recovery Network
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.
AbbVie Japan
Arcadia Hiroshima
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.
AbbVie Mexico
C-onectando Vidas: Hemodialysis IMSS Delegación Oriente
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.
AbbVie Portugal
One Step More
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.
AbbVie Romania
Hep C A-L-E-R-T
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.
AbbVie Russia
HCV Free Childhood
A new project in Russia, HCV Free Childhood, is developing a roadmap
to maximize adolescent screening, referral and treatment for hepatitis
C.
AbbVie South Korea
HCV Free Gurye
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.
AbbVie Spain
Hospital Clinic of Barcelona
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.
AbbVie Switzerland
HepCare
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.
HCV experts are also working to eliminate the disease in the United States. We are highlighting what HCV micro-elimination looks like in the U.S. to showcase the learnings, the challenges and the successes in the relentless pursuit to eliminate hepatitis C.*
Illinois
Video: Dr. Nancy Reau
Dr. Nancy Reau discusses HCV elimination efforts in Illinois.
Maryland
Telehealth in Appalachia*
In western Maryland, a university-based project has established a
telehealth clinic here to improve care.
New York
Video: Dr. David Bernstein
Dr. David Bernstein discusses HCV elimination efforts in New York.
San Diego
Video: Dr. Christian Ramers
Dr. Christian Ramers discusses HCV elimination efforts in San Diego.
* AbbVie is not directly affiliated with these efforts.