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Liver or Die: Empowering Hepatitis C Awareness and Peer Education Program

Liver or Die is a user-led project by The Swedish Drug Users Union aimed at producing high-quality information and developing effective peer-education methods among injecting drug users to increase awareness and knowledge of hepatitis C. The project targets users and those closely working with users to reduce new infections and encourage seeking treatment. Liver or Die includes a hepatitis C portal and a learning program called The User Academy, offering a yearly comprehensive course with a mix of former or active users and professionals. Participants are certified to educate others and attend follow-up courses. Liver or Die aims to empower informed users to act as experts in peer and professional interactions.

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Liver or Die: Empowering Hepatitis C Awareness and Peer Education Program

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  1. Liver or Die A user led project and learningprogrammeby The Swedish DrugUsersUnion Financed by Public Health Agency of Sweden

  2. Liver or Die • Liver or Dieis a long term hepatitis C-projectwith the aimtoproducehighquality and easilyattainableinformation, and alsotodevelopeffectivemethods for peer-educationamonginjectingdrugusers. The overarchinggoal is toheightenawareness and knowledgeofhep C. • Effective information meansthat information is sharedamongthosethatare at risk, and thusdecreasethe numberof new infections and motivatepeopletoseektreatment. • The projecttargetsprimarilyusers, butalsoincludesthoseworkingclosetousers. The goal is always for the betterment for users. • Liver or Dieconsistsof a hepatitis C-portal and a learningprogramme.

  3. Liver or Die – Learning programme • Learning programme – The User Academy • A comprehensive course - a hepatitis C course once a year with participants being 2/3 former or active users and 1/3 profession (from clinics, etc.). The latest course was given in January this year for 21 participants. • Participants are certified to educate other peers, either as a local course or informally. • Participants are invited to a follow up one day course.

  4. Liver or Die – To reflect A userwho is correctlyinformed and is abletoinformothers, is a person withexeptionallygoodopportunitiestofunction as an expert. Not onlyas a peer, but as an expert in the meeting with the profession.

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