Hepatitis C response
Content in this series is about peer work within the hepatitis C response.
It includes content about how:
- Peer work functions within the hepatitis C response
- Peer work can help the hepatitis C response achieve its goals
- Non-peer actors within the hepatitis C response can support and work with peer responses
Content in this series is about peer work within the hepatitis C response.
It includes content about how:
- Peer work functions within the hepatitis C response
- Peer work can help the hepatitis C response achieve its goals
- Non-peer actors within the hepatitis C response can support and work with peer responses
Peers from affected communities — such as people who inject drugs — play a central role in the hepatitis C response. Peer-based approaches positively impact the success of the overall response.
The W3 Project is proud to have close, sustained partnerships with peer-led organisations working in the hepatitis C response across Australia.
Peers working in the hepatitis C response have been involved in every facet of the W3 Project, from planning and prioritising to carrying out the research, analysing data, and co-authoring publications.
This project focussed on converting peer insights from peers who use drugs into resources for Australia’s hepatitis C response.
Former BBV Sector Development Program Coordinator Jen Johnson reflects on a series of interviews with peer and community organisation leaders working in the HIV and hepatitis sector about how they were adapting to COVID-19.
Drug user organisations can help influence policy to achieve hepatitis C elimination, but they need a supportive policy environment to do so. Co-authors and peer workers Charles Henderson and Annie Madden share their thoughts on the important messages in this paper.