HCV Elimination in Australia

The epidemic of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in Australia has been primarily driven by injecting drug use. HCV incidence was high in the 1980s and 1990s, followed by a decline in early- to mid-2000s, initially related to reduced heroin supply [1]. Ongoing HCV incidence of several 1000 infections/year over the last decade has been despite high-coverage harm-reduction services for people who inject drugs (PWID) [2].