Commentary

Highlights of the Fourth Canadian Symposium on Hepatitis C: Moving towards a National Action Plan

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Sessions, topics, and speakers for the 4th Canadian Symposium on hepatitis C virus discussed in this report.

SessionTopicSpeakerInstitution

Clinical SciencesHCV Treatment in the Era of Highly Effective Antiviral TherapyMark SulkowskiJohns Hopkins University (Baltimore, USA)
HCV Care Clarity and Chaos in CanadaCurtis CooperUniversity of Ottawa (Ottawa, Canada)
Efficacy of Sofosbuvir Treatment Regimens in Real Life SettingsEmmanuelle HuchetClinique l’Actuel (Montréal, Canada)

Biomedical SciencesViral and Host Factors of Hepatitis C Virus RNA ReplicationVolker LohmannUniversity of Heidelberg (Heidelberg, Germany)
Resistance to HCV NS5A and NS5B InhibitorsMatthias GötteUniversity of Alberta (Edmonton, Canada)

Behavioural SciencesContradictions between Law Enforcement and Public Health: The Hepatitis C Risk EnvironmentPhilippe BourgoisUniversity of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, USA)
LiveRLife: A Liver Health Promotion CampaignJason GrebelyUniversity of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia)

Epidemiology and Public HealthScotland’s Action Plan on Hepatitis CSharon HutchinsonGlasgow Caledonian University (Glasgow, Scotland)
Burden of HCV in Canada and Management StrategiesRob MyersUniversity of Calgary (Calgary, Canada)

A Plan for CanadaBeyond the Medication: Resources Needed for Successful TreatmentMagdalena KuczynskiToronto Western Hospital (Toronto, Canada)
HCV Patient Advocacy in CanadaDaryl LusterAction Hepatitis Canada (Vancouver, Canada)
Status of the National HCV Task GroupMel KrajdenUniversity of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada)
CIHR Funding for HCV Research in CanadaMarc OuelletteCanadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) (Québec, Canada)

Videos of the presentations are available at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUgCySYhpXIUuqiaQS_rGJw.