Hepatitis C Elimination Roadmaps
In 2020-21, CanHepC started the Hepatitis C Elimination Roadmap Project to sustain efforts towards hepatitis C elimination since the release of the national Blueprint to inform hepatitis C elimination efforts in Canada. Recognising that healthcare in Canada is under provincial and territorial jurisdiction, this project aims to develop regional roadmaps to hepatitis C elimination in addition to one national Indigenous-focused roadmap to hepatitis C elimination among Indigenous peoples (i.e. First Nations, Métis and Inuit).
Roadmap objectives
The overall goal of the roadmaps is to guide the implementation of hepatitis C elimination plans at the provincial/regional level.
The specific objectives of the roadmaps are to:
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Contextualize and adapt the Blueprint recommendations to regions (how & who);
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Reach a multi-stakeholder consensus on the recommendations and actions to prioritize to reach elimination;
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Address the specific barriers, challenges and enablers to hepatitis C elimination that pertain to regions and communities;
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Assess each region’s progress towards elimination.
Regions
For this projects, provinces and territories have been regrouped as follows: British Columbia, the Prairies (Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan), Ontario, Québec, the Atlantic (New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island), with the addition of a separate region representing the North (Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon). In addition to these regions, a distinct national Indigenous peoples roadmap process will also take place, recognising specific strengths held and challenges faced by First Nations, Inuit and Métis.
These seven CanHepC roadmaps are developed by key provincial and territorial (and national Indigenous) stakeholders in leadership roles in the hepatitis C response, and are currently at different stages of development. The teams leading each roadmap, include stakeholders who contributed in the national Blueprint development effort, in addition to key provincial-level programming leaders and key decision makers.
British Columbia Roadmap:
- Co-leads: Sofia Bartlett, British Columbia Center for Disease Control & Deb Schmitz, BC Hepatitis Network
- Roadmap central coordination and secretariat support: British Columbia Center for Disease Control & BC Hepatitis Network
- BC Viral Hepatitis roadmap website: https://hepfreebc.ca/
Prairies provinces (Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan) Roadmap:
- Co-leads:Alexandra King, University of Saskatchewan & Carrielynn Lund, DRUM & SASH project
- Roadmap central coordination and secretariat support: Waniska Indigenous Centre & Pewaseskwan (the Indigenous Wellness Research Group) based at the University of Saskatchewan.
- Prairie roadmap webpage: https://waniskacentre.ca/current-projects/canhepc-national-indigenous-and-prairie-roadmaps/
Indigenous people’s roadmap:
- Co-leads: Alexandra King, University of Saskatchewan & Renée Masching, an Independant Community Researcher
- Roadmap central coordination and secretariat support: Waniska Indigenous Centre & Pewaseskwan (the Indigenous Wellness Research Group) based at the University of Saskatchewan.
- Indigenous people's roadmap webpage: https://waniskacentre.ca/current-projects/canhepc-national-indigenous-and-prairie-roadmaps/
Ontario Roadmap:
- Co-leads: Jason Altenberg, South Riverdale Community Health Centre & Jordan Feld, University Health Network
- Roadmap central coordination and secretariat support: CATIE
- Ontario roadmap website: https://endhepc.ca/roadmap/
- Watch the Ontario Roadmap May 10th, 2023 launch webinar: https://www.catie.ca/the-roadmap-to-eliminating-hepatitis-c-in-ontario
Québec Roadmap:
- Co-leads: Julie Bruneau, Centre de recherche du CHUM, Marina Klein, McGill University & Laurence Mersilian, Centre Associatif Polyvalent d'Aide Hépatite C
- Roadmap support: Centre Associatif Polyvalent d'Aide Hépatite C
- Québec roadmap webpage: https://www.capahc.com/feuille-de-route-pour-lelimination-de-lhepatite-c-au-quebec/
Atlantic provinces (New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island) Roadmap:
- Co-leads: Daniel Smyth, Horizon NB, Peter Daley, Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services & Gerard Yetman, AIDS Committee of NL & Lab.
- Atlantic roadmap website: coming soon
North (Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon) Roadmap:
- Co-leads: TBC
- North roadmap website: TBC
