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The Australian Government's Take Home Naloxone pilot project to help prevent accidental overdose has been extended to June 2022. Most accidental overdoses in Australia - especially South Australia - are from prescription drugs, mainly painkillers and sleeping tablets. Many of these deaths can be prevented with the drug Naloxone which reverses the effects of opioids.

This article was originally published in April 2020 about part of the Commonwealth response to COVID-19. The respiratory clinics referenced in the article are now closed.

Commonwealth funded GP Respiratory Clinics are now operating around the Adelaide metro area. Here's what you need to know.

In the current COVID situation, until there are effective vaccines or treatments, the only effective safeguard we have is being careful in how we interact with others.

There are many reasons why we tell stories. We tell them to be heard, to pass on wisdom, to gain perspective and to document information that may be useful later.

Professor Dore led the first international hepatitis C therapy trials to include study populations of people who inject drugs.

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The Hepatitis SA education team is offering free online professional development on blood safety and viral hepatitis.

Australian hepatitis organisations have expressed concern that 2019 funding for hepatitis commitments in 2019 Health Budgets are yet to be released even as new funding was announced for the 2020 budget.

COVID-19 resources from the Federal Department of Health, SA Health, and SBS in languages other than English.

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Flinders University researchers are conducting a survey into the usefulness and acceptability of setting up a hepatitis B registry in South Australia.

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