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Australia's leading hepatitis researchers and clinicians have released a joint statement backing ATAGI advice on hepatitis B vaccinations.
Hepatitis Australia and ASHM are urging Australians to maintain routine hepatitis B vaccinations for newborns.
Closure dates for NSP sites over the 2025-26 holiday period.
Recent changes to the processing of pathology reports for My Health Record has elevated the importance of pre-test counselling around implications of test results, where to go for further information, and confidentiality.
In this issue: Testing Saves Lives |Malhotra Syndrome - what is it? | What SA did during World Hep Day | DAA Hep C cure rates | Hep B treatment: good & bad news | Supporting families who support users | In Our Library
Findings from the Australian Needle and Syringe Program (NSP) Survey 30-year National Data Report shows highly significant reductions in hepatitis C infections and high levels of treatment and cure among NSP clients. Nationally the proportion of respondents with active hepatitis C infection (HCV RNA positive) declined substantially, from 51% in 2015 to 8% in 2024.
South Australian pharmacists can now administer long-acting injectable buprenorphine bringing SA in line with other Australian jurisdictions.
Hepatitis Australia is calling for national roll out universal hepatitis B testing for people over the age of 25.In a statement issued 8 April, Hepatitis Australia CEO, Lucy Clynes, said universal testing for hepatitis B is the next crucial step in eliminating hepatitis B and reducing liver cancer.
Every year, nearly 1000 people in Australia die from hepatitis B and C. Close to 300,000 are living with viral hepatitis. We have the tools to stop this - it's time for action.
27 May is the anniversary of the 1967 referendum where Australians voted to remove clauses from the Australian Constitution that discriminated against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people; and 3 June is the anniversary of the 1992 High Court Mabo decision – the recognition that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ rights over their lands did survive British colonisation.
In this issue: Mouse Model for HCV Vaccine | Pathogens Don't Care About Your Politics | Measles & Liver Health | Hep D Action Needed | Community Testing | Hep B & Liver Cancer | Closing the Ever-Widening Gap
The sudden freezing of USAID is jeopardising the elimination of viral hepatitis by 2030, the Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology said, asking: “What are their implications for viral hepatitis elimination, for which progress has already stalled?
