Hepatitis SA acknowledges and respects the Kaurna people as the traditional custodians of the unceded ancestral land from which we work. We pay our respects to elders past and present.
The Take Home Naloxone (THN) program funds pharmacies to provide Naloxone free to people who use opioids or who know someone who does. Use these maps to find your nearest naloxone pharmacy.
South Australian MPs have been urged by Hepatitis SA and Cancer Council SA to help raise hepatitis B awareness in their communities
As Australia marks World Hepatitis Day on 28 July, we are reminded that almost 300,000 people in the country are living with hepatitis B or hepatitis C, putting them at increased risk of serious liver disease and liver cancer. They shouldn’t have to be. There is effective treatment and a vaccine for hepatitis B, and hepatitis C can be cured with highly effective direct-acting antivirals.
Update your knowledge about blood-safety and viral hepatitis with a free online education session from the Hep SA education team.
Health Minister Mark Butler has urged Australians to accelerate action to eliminate hepatitis B and hepatitis C. The Minister was at a federal parliamentary World Hepatitis Day event on 4 July 2024.
Reconciliation between Aboriginal and non-indigenous Australians took a battering in 2023 when the referendum on constitutional recognition of our country’s first people was defeated.
There's some welcome funding for the fight to eliminate viral hepatitis but it's disappointing to note that hepatitis B again gets a back seat.
Understanding hepatitis A, B and C may not be quite as simple as ABC, but a session with Hepatitis SA's highly skilled educators will certainly help you get there.
In this information age it is ironic that credible, reliable information can sometimes be hard to find in the tsunami of results from online searches.
Guide to South Australian community pharmacies which dispense the new hepatitis C medicines.
Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver. It can be brought on by alcohol, drugs, viruses and other toxins. Viral hepatitis refers to hepatitis resulting from infection of the liver by the hepatitis A, B, C, D or E viruses - hepatitis A, B and C being the most common. These viruses all produce similar symptoms, but differ in modes of transmission and long-term effects on health.
Hepatitis B is spread through blood, sexual fluids and from mother to child during birth. If left unmanaged, it can lead to cirrhosis and liver cancer.
An estimated 257 million people are living with chronic hepatitis B worldwide - 226,000 of them in Australia.
Hepatitis C is transmitted via blood-to-bloodstream contact. Untreated, hepatitis C can lead to cirrhosis and serious liver disease. Effective treatments are available.
World-wide, there are an estimated 71 million people living with chronic hepatitis C - 130,000 of them in Australia.
Hepatitis SA is a non-profit, community-based organisation that provides information, education and support services to South Australians affected by hepatitis B and hepatitis C. This includes people with hepatitis B or C, their family and friends, and professionals who support them. We also provide hepatitis C and Needle and Syringe Program (NSP) peer education and support services, and operate a NSP secondary site.
