In a province where hepatitis C infects people at nearly twice the national rate, Saskatchewan's public health workers are meeting their communities not in clinics, but in places like the Salvation Army in Prince Albert — where trust already lives. The work is quiet and deliberate: free tests, honest conversations, and the slow dismantling of the shame that keeps a treatable virus hidden inside people for decades. It is a reminder that the distance between illness and healing is often not medical, but human.
Saskatchewan tackles high hepatitis C rates with community testing event
Hepatitis C affects thousands in Saskatchewan with higher infection rates, particularly among vulnerable populations including those with past injection drug use or unsafe medical procedures.