People coinfected with HIV and Hepatitis C virus starting Hepatitis C virus treatment

This indicator monitors access to hepatitis C treatment for people living with HIV coinfected with HCV. The weakness is that it reflects only one year of activity. Describing the cumulated effect of people coinfected with HIV and HCV starting treatment, requires compiling cumulative data on the people starting treatment and accounting for people newly infected with HCV and reinfected with HCV in the denominator.

Collecting information on past or current injecting drug use allows reporting of disaggregated data for PWID. Recording information on stigmatised and commonly criminalised behaviours such as illicit drug use poses a risk where an individual can be identified. Efforts must be made to ensure patient records and registers avoid disclosing information that would allow for identification of individuals engaged in stigmatised or criminalised behaviour.