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Twenty-seven health organisations have published an open letter letter to the Health Minister, Hon. Sussan Ley MP, urging the inclusion of breakthrough hepatitis C cures on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.
The Glasgow Declaration on Viral Hepatitis - concluding the first World Hepatitis Summit - calls on governments to implement and fund comprehensive hepatitis programmes in line with World Health Assembly Resolution 67.6.
Gilead reports that a combination of sofosbuvir and experimental 'pan-genotypic' NS5A inhibitor velpatasvir (GS-5816) has proven effective regardless of HCV genotype in four late-stage studies.
Four groundbreaking hepatitis C medicines have been recommended for listing on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) but so far, no listing date has been confirmed.
1000 Australians die each year from viral hepatitis. Take a look at the animation promoting this year's #TimeForAction campaign.
Many people with hepatitis C would have heard of Greg Jefferys, the Tasmanian man who bypassed the Australian pharmaceutical system and got his treatment drugs from overseas.
Help our annual awareness campaign by putting some bookmarks into letterboxes in your neighbourhood!
Love Your Liver Day on Victoria Square saw a modest turnout but we reached over 100 people as enthusiastic staff, volunteers and O'liver fanned out to speak with market-goers and passers-by.
Half a million Australians are living with the burden of viral hepatitis B and C. More than 1,000 Australians die every year due to serious hepatitis-related liver disease. Simple actions could save thousands of lives.
It was a massive turnout for the PEACE-Hepatitis SA World Hepatitis Day 2015 Lunch. More than 150 community members attended the lunch which was also mega workshop on hepatitis B.
Leaders of key South Australian Chinese organisations have called for urgent action to increase diagnosis, management and treatment of hepatitis B in their community.
People living with hepatitis B are now able to get their medicine from any pharmacy, regardless of whether the medicine has been prescribed in a hospital or community setting. They will no longer need to travel to hospital-based pharmacies for their prescriptions to be filled.
