Gay Men’s Sexual Health Alliance has published a new 2024 Factsheet on Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) and Anal Cancer Screening.This factsheet – available to download in pdf form here – is for front-line, outreach, and public health staff, and others providing sexual health care and the communities of men who have sex with men (MSM) […]
Factsheet: Sexual Health and Hepatitis C: Testing, Care and Treatment
Gay Men’s Sexual Health Alliance has published a new 2024 Factsheet on Hepatitis C: Testing, Care and Treatment.
This new factsheet – available to download in pdf form here – is for front-line, outreach, and public health staff, and others providing sexual health care and the communities of gay, bisexual, queer, and other men who have sex with men (gbMSM).
In Canada, gbMSM are one of the priority populations listed in The Ontario Hepatitis C Elimination Roadmap.
What is Hepatitis C?
- Hepatitis C (HCV) is a liver disease caused by the hep C virus (HCV).
- If left untreated over several years, HCV kills and scars most of the liver—a condition called cirrhosis—and may also result in a form of liver cancer called hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)
- Gay and bisexual men who have sex with men (gbMSM) have relatively high rates of HCV infection and re-infection.
- As of 2023, 1 in 25 gbMSM in Canada had been infected with HCV in their lifetime.
