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World Day is the opportunity to raise awareness on this issue. The Villa Maraini Foundation, the National Agency for Drug Addiction of the Italian Red Cross, launches the "Evadere dalla C" campaign to make Italian prisons "hepatitis C free". In this regard, a letter was sent to Health Minister Grillo and Minister of Justice Bonafede proposing to voluntarily test all prisoners and take care of these positive results
In fact, many prisoners are infectious drug addicts infected by the disease. Hepatitis C. For this reason, the disease in prison spreads more easily. The aim of this new initiative is to treat all those who are infected with the virus in Italian prisons. Another step to completely eradicate hepatitis C, especially now that it is completely treatable.
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• THE TEST IS ON THE ROAD
Meanwhile the activities of the "Meet Test & Treat" campaign continue with a Special appointment for Friday, July 27 from 22:00 in Rome at Piazza Orazio Giustiniani, Ex-Mattatoio Testaccio, where with the Camper of the Road Unit and the help of doctors and psychologists of the Unit of HIV, rapid and free tests will be carried out HIV and hepatitis C to the population of young and very young people who invade the premises in the evening
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A way to involve more people in screening and, if successful, treat these patients at Tor Vergata hospital in Rome, with a direct route and privileged thanks to a protocol of understanding. With this campaign, 2026 people were tested last year, of which 30 were diagnosed with HCV positive and 24 were HIV positive.
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