The 2019 HCV cascade of care for children and youth in British Columbia, Canada

Canadian children and youth are at risk from HCV through a few mechanisms. About 3,500 women in Canada with chronic HCV deliver babies each year and vertical transmission can occur among 5-10% of deliveries. Other sources of risk include immigrating to Canada from HCV endemic countries, having parents who are living with HCV, being street-involved, and using substances without adequate harm reduction supports. Monitoring of HCV services use among this population is essential to support Canada’s hepatitis elimination goals. We constructed the HCV cascade of care for children and youth living with HCV in British Columbia in 2019. TEAM Dahn Jeong, Margo Pearce, Amanda Yu, Laura Sauvé, Rick Schreiber, Jean D. Makuza, Prince A. Adu, Héctor Alexander Velásquez García, Sofia Bartlett, Hasina Samji, Mawuena Binka, Jane Buxton, David Goldfarb, Chelsea Elwood, Stanley Wong, Maria Alvarez, Neora Pick, Naveed Z. Janjua

BCCDC POSTER PRESENTER

10/18/2021 3:15:00 PM