A charity that offers short-term and safe refuge to those experiencing homelessness and precarious housing in Chatham-Kent will be providing Hepatitis C testing and awareness this week.<\/p>\n
Chatham Hope Haven said the Hepatitis C testing and information session will be held on Wednesday from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at its site at 183 Wellington Street West in Chatham.<\/p>\n
The session aims to prevent the spread of the Hepatitis C virus by providing education, treatment, and support. Supports include trauma-informed counselling, medical management of Hepatitis C, and accessing services in the community.<\/p>\n
Hepatitis C is transmitted primarily through blood-to-blood contact with an infected person.\u00a0Once someone is exposed to the Hepatitis C virus, primarily through blood, the viral infection causes inflammation and damage to the liver, requiring a liver transplant if not treated in time.<\/p>\n
The World Health Organization noted Hepatitis C can go undiagnosed for decades.<\/p>\n
CK Public Health told CK News Today there hasn’t been a rise in local Hepatitis C cases, adding that case counts have been relatively stable for the last four years.<\/p>\n
Chatham Hope Haven said it’s an event they do every year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A charity that offers short-term and safe refuge to those experiencing homelessness and precarious housing in Chatham-Kent will…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":831177,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[49,48,84],"class_list":["post-832919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/832919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=832919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/832919\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/831177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=832919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=832919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=832919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}