4th Department of Internal Medicine, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Kateřinská 32, 128 00 Prague 2, Czech Republic.
Remedis, s.r.o., Vladimírova 10, 140 00 Prague 4, Czech Republic.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Mar 31;19(7):4158. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19074158.
The elimination of HCV (hepatitis C virus) infection is, according to WHO (World Health Organization), of international interest. With new diagnostic tools and treatment possibilities, one major challenge for the elimination is to involve infected patients, especially those from socially excluded subpopulations, into HCV infection-treatment programs. The key question is how to help people who inject drugs (PWID) to engage in HCV infection-treatment programs and improve communication between PWID and hepatologists or other medical professionals involved in the treatment of chronic HCV infection. Furthermore, the medical professionals have to accept the changing spectrum of patients with chronic viral hepatitis. Without close interdisciplinary cooperation, it would be extremely difficult to achieve the WHO goal of global viral hepatitis C elimination. Here, we try to encourage our colleagues as well as addictologists and social workers to play their crucial part in the viral hepatitis C eradication process. It is extremely important for the healthcare providers to be able to communicate with addicted clients, inform PWID about the latest developments in the diagnosis and HCV infection treatment, and get them motivated to engage with specialized treatment programs.
消除 HCV（丙型肝炎病毒）感染是世卫组织（World Health Organization）关注的国际议题。随着新的诊断工具和治疗方法的出现，消除 HCV 感染的主要挑战之一是让受感染的患者，特别是那些来自社会排斥亚人群的患者，参与 HCV 感染治疗计划。关键问题是如何帮助注射毒品者（PWID）参与 HCV 感染治疗计划，并改善 PWID 与参与慢性 HCV 感染治疗的肝病专家或其他医疗专业人员之间的沟通。此外，医疗专业人员必须接受慢性病毒性肝炎患者群体的变化。如果没有密切的跨学科合作，就很难实现世卫组织消除全球丙型肝炎病毒的目标。在这里，我们试图鼓励我们的同事以及成瘾学家和社会工作者在丙型肝炎 C 消除过程中发挥关键作用。医疗保健提供者能够与成瘾患者进行沟通，向 PWID 告知 HCV 感染诊断和治疗的最新进展，并促使他们参与专门的治疗计划，这一点极其重要。
