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Wa Doc Report to the Legislature on Hepatitis C 1999 / STATE OF WASHINGTON Department of COITections I REPORT ON THE MAl'iAGEMENT OF HEPATlTIS C IN THE CORRECTIONAL El'\VIRONMENT I Report to the Legislature December, 1999 ... TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE NUMBER Executive Summary 1. Introduction and Background 1 Overview …
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Hepatitis C in Prisons, Andrew Brunsden HEPATITIS C IN PRISONS: EVOLVING TOWARD DECENCY THROUGH ADEQUATE MEDICAL CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH REFORM * Andrew Brunsden Hepatitis C (HCV) in prisons is a public health crisis tied to current drug policy’s emphasis on the mass incarceration of drug users. Prison policy acts …
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Hiv and Hep C Rates Among Canadian Prisoners Report 2007 2 Research Prevalence of HIV and hepatitis C virus infections among inmates of Ontario remand facilities Liviana Calzavara PhD, Nancy Ramuscak MSc, Ann N. Burchell MSc, Carol Swantee BSc, Ted Myers PhD, Peter Ford MD, Margaret Fearon MB, Sue Raymond …
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Bjs Report Hiv in Prison 2005 Released 2007 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics Bulletin September 2007, NCJ 218915 HIV in Prisons, 2005 By Laura M. Maruschak BJS Statistician On December 31, 2005, correctional authorities reported that 20,888 State inmates (1.8%) and 1,592 Federal …
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Bjs Hiv in Prisons 2001-2010 Sept2012 U.S. Department of Justice • Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics September 2012, NCJ 238877 Laura M. Maruschak, BJS Statistician A t yearend 2010, state and federal prisons held a reported 20,093 inmates who had HIV or AIDS, down from 20,880 at …
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Doc Services Ny Memorandom Hepatitisc Care Guidelines 2004
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Southwestern Law Review Velez Paper on Housing Prisoners With Hiv Aids 2011 41 Sw. L. Rev. 171 Southwestern Law Review 2011 Comment AIDS/HIV+INMATES - A NEW STANDARD TO HOUSE INFECTED INMATES BASED ON OBJECTIVE, PROACTIVE CRITERIA THAT BALANCES THE NEEDS OF THE INFECTED INMATE WHILE PROTECTING NON-INFECTED INMATES AND PRISON …
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Methadone in Prison, 2004 ! " !% & " # $ '( ) * ! Injection drug use has been associated with severe health and social harms.[1, 2] High rates of disease, death, crime, and the accompanying costs are drug-related harms experienced throughout the world. Injection drug use has also …
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Hiv Prevention and Care in Thai Prisons 2007 Health in Action HIV Prevention, Care, and Treatment in Two Prisons in Thailand David Wilson, Nathan Ford*, Verapun Ngammee, Arlene Chua, Moe Kyaw Kyaw A s scale-up of antiretroviral therapy (ART) progresses in less-developed countries, the challenges of providing treatment to marginalised …
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Amfar Issue Brief-hiv in Correctional Settings March 2008 The Foundation for AIDS Research Issue Brief No. 5 March 2008 issue brief “The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.” – Fyodor Dostoyevsky T he U.S. correctional system is facing critical challenges as the number …
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Nmac Report on Hiv Among Minorities, Condoms in Prison - 2006 PLEASE NOTE: THE REPORT AND PRESS RELEASE ARE EMBARGOED UNTIL THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2006 AT 10:00 AM (ET) / 7:00 AM (PT). AFRICAN AMERICANS, HEALTH DISPARITIES AND HIV/AIDS African Americans, Health Disparities and HIV/AIDS Recommendations for Confronting the Epidemic …
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Bop Hepatitis Treatment Guidelines 2005 Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Viral Hepatitis October 2005 (Federal Bureau of Prisons - Clinical Practice Guidelines) Clinical guidelines are being made available to the public for informational purposes only. The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) does not warrant these guidelines for any …
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Confronting Hiv and Mass Imprisonment Champ 2009 Confronting HIV and Mass Imprisonment: Two Intersecting Epidemics By Laura McTighe and Coco Jervis According to the most recent statistics by the U.S. Department of Justice, there are over 2.3 million people imprisoned in the United States.1 Not only does the U.S. lead …
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Epidemiology and Prevention Undiagnosed Hiv Infection Among Nyc Jail Entrants 2010 EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PREVENTION Undiagnosed HIV Infection Among New York City Jail Entrants, 2006: Results of a Blinded Serosurvey Elizabeth M. Begier, MD, MPH, Yussef Bennani, MPH, Lisa Forgione, MA, Amado Punsalang, PhD, David B. Hanna, MS, Jeffrey Herrera, BA, …
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Baker v Campbell Al Hcv Treatment Process 2 Response to treatment is defined as undetected HCV RNA and normalization of ALT levels at 24 weeks post treatment. Response rates to the 1.0 and 1.5 jlg/kg Pegylated Interferon doses were similar (approximately 24%) to each other and were both higher than …
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Baker v Campbell Al Hcv Treatment Process 3 Liver biopsy can provide direct histologic assessment of liver injury due to HCV but cannot be used to diagnose HCV infection. Hepatocellular Carcinoma Screening HCC complicates cirrhosis secondary to HCV. It is estimated that HCC occurs after the development of cirrhosis at …
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Baker v Campbell Al Hcv Treatment Process 1 Ii HCVTreatment Process Managementof HCV Hepatitis C virus infection represents a potentially serious problem within the correctional environment. It is widely recognized that Hepatitis C infection may result in chronic infection. However, currently there is no risk stratification data to assist in …
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Sex Drugs Prisons Hiv Report - Nejm - 2007 The NEW ENGLA ND JOURNAL of MEDICINE Perspective january 11, 2007 Sex, Drugs, Prisons, and HIV Susan Okie, M.D. O ne recent morning at a medium-security compound at Rhode Island’s state prison, Mr. M, a middle-aged black inmate, described some of …
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Cdc Study Re Sex and Hiv in Prisons - April 2007 HIV Transmission Among Male Inmates in a State Prison System --- Georgia, 1992--2005 The estimated prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is nearly five times higher for incarcerated populations (2.0%) (1) than for the general U.S. population (0.43%) …