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Educational interventions to raise awareness on HCV have led to identification of submerged HCV cases. Our aim was to evaluate the effectiveness of a web\u2010based platform to assess and raise the awareness of HCV among Pakistani people living in northern Italy. We created a website in Italian and Urdu language (<jats:ext-link xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" xlink:href=\"https:\/\/survey-hcv6.webnode.it\">https:\/\/survey\u2010hcv6.webnode.it<\/jats:ext-link>), and shared it to Pakistani people in Emilia\u2010Romagna through Facebook groups. Participants had to fill a 15\u2010item questionnaire on HCV infection, then watch a video on HCV, and respond to the questionnaire again. McNemar's chi\u2010square and negative binomial multivariable regression analysis yielding incidence rate ratio (IRR) were applied. 339 subjects from 600 (57%) participated and filled the baseline questionnaire. The knowledge on HCV infection was scanty. 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