Table 1 Commended entries from the global hepatitis testing innovation contest, 2016, organized by region (n = 31)
From: The HepTestContest: a global innovation contest to identify approaches to hepatitis B and C testing
Continent | Country | Organization (Organization Type) | HBV/HCV | Population Tested | Setting | Key feature of service delivery | Health system programme practices |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Africa | Egypt | Association of Liver Patients Care (NGO) and the Egyptian Liver Hospital (Hospital) | HBV/HCV | General population | Community (non-clinical) | SMS promotion Community empowerment | Social marketing, decentralization |
Africa | Nigeria | Federal Ministry of Health (Government) | HBV/HCV | General population | Community (non-clinical) | Social media | SMS promotion, public-private partnership, task shifting |
Asia | India | Community Network for Empowerment (NGO) | HCV | PWID, PLHIV, outpatients | Community (clinical and non-clinical) | Community empowerment | Decentralization, task shifting, public-private partnership |
Asia | Mongolia | Flagstaff International Relief Effort (NGO) | HBV/HCV | Health care workers, social workers, and family history of liver cancer | Primary care clinics | Integration with primary care | Decentralization, integration with HBV immunization |
Asia | India | Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (Research) | HBV/HCV | First degree relatives of HBV+ patients; PWID | Health facility clinics | Family-focused test promotion | Integration with HBV immunization, task shifting |
Asia | India | Medecins Sans Frontieres (NGO) | HCV | PLHIV | Health facility clinics | HIV-hepatitis integration | Task shifting |
Asia | Indonesia | Persaudaraan Korban Napza Indonesia (NGO) | HCV | PWID | Urban sites | Peer-based | HIV-hepatitis integration, addiction service integration |
Asia | Australia | St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne and Justice Department, Victorian State Government (Hospital) | HCV | Prisoners on entry or transfer | Prison | Prison-based telemedicine | Integration with primary care and addiction services |
Asia | Australia | The Kirby Institute, UNSW Australia (Research) | HCV | PWID | Community (clinic and non-clinical) | Social media | Social marketing, addiction service integration |
Asia | Malaysia | University of Malaya-Center of Excellence for Research in AIDS (Research) | HCV | PWID | Methadone clinic | Methadone clinic-based services | Harm reduction/addiction service integration, peer-based |
Asia | China | Yunnan AIDS Initiative (NGO) | HBV | Pregnant women and partners | Maternal and child health clinics | Prenatal service integration | HIV-hepatitis integration |
Europe | UK | Barts Health NHS Trust (Hospital) | HBV/HCV | Emergency department patients | Emergency department | Social media | HIV-hepatitis integration, public-private partnership |
Europe | UK | Chelsea and Westminster Hospital (Hospital) | HBV/HCV | Emergency department patients (HIV-negative) | Emergency department | EMR, simplified pathway for emergency department testing | HIV-hepatitis integration, |
Europe | Portugal | IN-Mouraria (NGO) | HBV/HCV | PWID | Substance abuse programs | Comprehensive harm reduction services for PWID | HIV-hepatitis integration, addiction service integration, peer-based, task shifting |
Europe | UK | James Cook University Hospital (Hospital) | HBV/HCV | General population | Health facility clinics | EMR | HIV-hepatitis integration |
Europe | Georgia | Georgian Harm Reduction Network (NGO) | HCV | PWID | Outreach mobile sites | Methadone-based service delivery for PWID | Decentralization, public-private partnership, task shifting |
Europe | Netherlands | Public Health Service of Amsterdam (Government) | HCV | “At Risk” based on questionnaire | Health facility clinics | Web-based risk stratification and referral | Use of social media to promote access |
North America | US | Emory University/Grady Health System: Grady Liver Clinic (Research/Hospital) | HCV | Birth year (1945-1965) | Primary care clinics | EMR | Decentralization |
North America | US | Hep Free Hawaii (NGO) | HBV/HCV | General population | Pharmacies | EMR | Use of social media to promote access, decentralization |
North America | US | Horizon Health Center (Hospital) | HCV | New hospital and clinic patients/and untested for HIV in previous 12 months | Health facility clinics | EMR | HIV-hepatitis integration |
North America | US | Imagine Hope (NGO) | HCV | PWID | Methadone clinics and substance abuse programmes | Addiction service integration | HIV-hepatitis integration, public-private partnership |
North America | US | Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic States (Hospital) | HCV | General population & birth year | Primary care clinics | EMR | HIV-hepatitis integration |
North America | US | Memorial Hermann Healthcare System (Hospital) | HCV | Birth cohort (1945-1965) | Emergency department | EMR | HIV-hepatitis integration, public-private partnership |
North America | US | National Nursing Centers Consortium (NGO) | HCV | Outpatients | Primary care clinics | EMR | HIV-hepatitis integration, task shifting |
North America | US | Philadelphia Department of Public Health (Government) | HCV | PWID, including homeless and sex workers | Syringe exchange programmes | Addiction service integration | Task shifting, peer-based |
North America | US | Project IMPACT (NGO) | HCV | General population | Courthouse lobby and other sites | Courthouse integration | HIV-hepatitis integration, harm reduction.addiction service integration |
North America | US | St Joseph’s Medical Center (Hospital) | HBV/HCV | General population and those with risk factors | Health facility clinics | EMR | NA |
North America | US | St. Lukes-CHI/Project ECHO (Hospital) | HCV | Birth cohort and among those receiving STD tests | Primary care clinics | Telemedicine | Decentralization |
North America | US | C a Difference, Drexel University (Research) | HCV | Outpatients | Primary care clinics | Social media | HIV-hepatitis integration, decentralization |
North America | US | Virginia Department of Health, Division of Disease Prevention (Government) | HCV | PWID | Methadone clinics, substance abuse programmes | Addiction service integration | Decentralization, task shifting |
North America | US | Asian Liver Center at Stanford University (Research) | HBV | Employees | Workplace | Workplace | Public-private partnership |