Interventions to improve testing, linkage to care, and treatment for hepatitis C infection in prison: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Evan B Cunningham, Alice Wheeler, Behzad Hajarizadeh, Clare E French, Rachel Roche, Monineath Roth, Alex R Willing, Hossain M S Sazzad, Alison D Marshall, Guillaume Fontaine, Anna Conway, Braulio M Valencia, Justin Presseau, John W. Ward, Louisa Degenhardt, Gregory J Dore, Matthew Hickman, Peter Vickerman, Lise Lafferty, Andrew Lloyd, Yumi Sheehan, Matthew J Akiyama, Nadine Kronfli, Joaquin Cabezas, Jason Grebely

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DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.105082
Published: 2026-03
Container: International Journal of Drug Policy
Publisher: Elsevier BV
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@article{allodium:10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.105082,
  title = {Interventions to improve testing, linkage to care, and treatment for hepatitis C infection in prison: a systematic review and meta-analysis},
  author = {Evan B Cunningham and Alice Wheeler and Behzad Hajarizadeh and Clare E French and Rachel Roche and Monineath Roth and Alex R Willing and Hossain M S Sazzad and Alison D Marshall and Guillaume Fontaine and Anna Conway and Braulio M Valencia and Justin Presseau and John W. Ward and Louisa Degenhardt and Gregory J Dore and Matthew Hickman and Peter Vickerman and Lise Lafferty and Andrew Lloyd and Yumi Sheehan and Matthew J Akiyama and Nadine Kronfli and Joaquin Cabezas and Jason Grebely},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {International Journal of Drug Policy},
  doi = {10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.105082},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.105082}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Interventions to improve testing, linkage to care, and treatment for hepatitis C infection in prison: a systematic review and meta-analysis
AU  - Evan B Cunningham
AU  - Alice Wheeler
AU  - Behzad Hajarizadeh
AU  - Clare E French
AU  - Rachel Roche
AU  - Monineath Roth
AU  - Alex R Willing
AU  - Hossain M S Sazzad
AU  - Alison D Marshall
AU  - Guillaume Fontaine
AU  - Anna Conway
AU  - Braulio M Valencia
AU  - Justin Presseau
AU  - John W. Ward
AU  - Louisa Degenhardt
AU  - Gregory J Dore
AU  - Matthew Hickman
AU  - Peter Vickerman
AU  - Lise Lafferty
AU  - Andrew Lloyd
AU  - Yumi Sheehan
AU  - Matthew J Akiyama
AU  - Nadine Kronfli
AU  - Joaquin Cabezas
AU  - Jason Grebely
PY  - 2026
JO  - International Journal of Drug Policy
DO  - 10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.105082
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Cunningham, E. B., Wheeler, A., Hajarizadeh, B., French, C. E., Roche, R., Roth, M., Willing, A. R., Sazzad, H. M. S., Marshall, A. D., Fontaine, G., Conway, A., Valencia, B. M., Presseau, J., Ward, J. W., Degenhardt, L., Dore, G. J., Hickman, M., Vickerman, P., Lafferty, L., Lloyd, A., Sheehan, Y., Akiyama, M. J., Kronfli, N., Cabezas, J., & Grebely, J. (2026). Interventions to improve testing, linkage to care, and treatment for hepatitis C infection in prison: a systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Drug Policy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.105082

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