Advocacy to increase access

Advocacy efforts by different organisations and individuals can be helpful in aligning policy with strategy (and ultimately service provision) and the patchy coverage of available services ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​suggests that there is a significant opportunity to expand advocacy efforts to drive forward progress around elimination.  

In the absence of optimal provision of hepatitis and/or harm reduction services, advocacy steps to change these circumstances can prove useful alongside planning the scale-up of prevention and control programmes in the prison (refer to the HCV Advocacy Toolkit).