Next month, April, brings the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL), the国际肝脏大会(ILC) 2017 in Amsterdam. The ILC serves as one of the most important international meetings on liver research in the calendar year. This year, also in Amsterdam just prior to the opening day of the ILC, theCorrelation Network Hepatitis C Initiativehas organized the two-dayHepatitis C Community Summiton the 18^th和19^thof April.

It is now critically important to reach out to risk groups, such as networks of people who inject drugs, to involve and inform them about treatment options, to provide barrier-free access, and to meet people where they are.

To face the challenges ahead and to effectively provide access to all patients in need, we think the medical world, hepatologists, and consequently the International Liver Congress, must take into account crucial aspects of public health and community involvement to reach全球肝炎消除目标.

Due to the fact that treatment with new direct-acting antivirals is quick and effective, it is now critically important to reach out to risk groups, such as networks of people who inject drugs, to involve and inform them about treatment options, to provide barrier-free access, and to meet people where they are: in community centres, harm reduction and low-threshold service settings, opioid substitution treatment centres, etc.

丙型肝炎社区峰会填补了丙型肝炎病毒（HCV）研究的差距，从而将来自欧洲的各种合作伙伴汇集在一起​​，以提供社区的平台，以与所有参与HCV治疗的人，最著名的是公民社会。峰会将从医学专家和研究人员的角度以及减少伤害和社区服务的患者和代表从术中引起人们对丙型肝炎的关注。

峰会旨在提供有关现有（社区相关）计划的概述，以应对未来的挑战和障碍，并为跨专业边界进行交流的平台。

峰会旨在提供有关现有（社区相关）计划的概述，以应对未来的挑战和障碍，并为跨专业边界进行交流的平台。在这方面，我们很高兴Easl，谁以及其他重要的利益相关者和演讲者将为这项活动做出贡献。

除了参加社区成员，患者代表，社区和减少伤害设置，研究人员和几位政策制定者的服务提供者外，我们还邀请ILC参与者加入为期两天programme. There will be a welcome, keynote, short plenary speeches from the full spectrum of knowledge in the hepatitis field, and roundtable discussions on the first day as well as two plenary sessions, parallel workshop-style sessions, and a final reception during the second day.

The Summit will be concluded with the launch of a ‘Community Declaration’, a consensus statement highlighting the importance of community involvement in the process of eliminating HCV. This declaration will initially be endorsed by the Hepatitis C Community Summit organizing partners:

• AFEW International,
• Correlation Network,
• European AIDS Treatment Group（eatg），
• European African Treatment Advocates Network（eatan），
• 欧洲使用毒品的人网络（EURONPUD），
• 和International Doctors for Healthier Drug Policies(IDHDP).

我们期待在阿姆斯特丹与您见面！

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