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HR 23: Strength In Solidarity – Part 2

Hepatitis SAJuly 14, 2023September 18, 20232023 Winteralcohol and other drugs harm reduction HR23 injecting drug useLeave a comment

By Margaret Randle
& Notes from Meagan Stanfield

This was the first Harm Reduction Conference since 2019 and everyone was excited to hear what Australia had been doing as an early adopter of health-based approaches to drug use. I wanted to hear about what was going on in the Southeast Asian region, as they are our closest neighbours and notoriously hard-line on drug users, with alarming rates of incarceration of women and the use of death penalties for drug offences. Sadly, most of the would-be attendees from Southeast Asia were not given visas.

HR 23: Strength In Solidarity – Part 1

Hepatitis SAJuly 7, 2023September 8, 20232023 Winterharm reduction harm reduction in prisons injecting drug useLeave a comment

By Carol Holly

The Harm Reduction conference is held in a different country every two years and provides a forum for sharing the latest research, programs and policy in drug use, harm reduction* and human rights. The conference is convened by Harm Reduction International (HRI) – an organisation that promotes harm reduction and rights-based, evidence-based responses to drug use.

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Liver Self-Repair

Hepatitis SAFebruary 27, 2023February 20, 2023Uncategorisedhepatitis liver disease liver health liver regenerationLeave a comment

Prof. Satdarshan Singh Monga discusses his team’s investigation into liver regeneration as an alternative to waiting for a transplant

The liver is known for its ability to regenerate (see last issue’s cover story for more information). It can completely regrow itself even after two-thirds of its mass has been surgically removed. But damage from medications, alcohol abuse or obesity can eventually cause the liver to fail. Currently, the only effective treatment for end-stage liver disease is transplantation.

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World Hepatitis Day 2021 – Don’t Wait

Hepatitis SAJuly 28, 2021July 28, 2021UncategorisedLeave a comment

28 July is World Hepatitis Day. This year, Hepatitis SA is urging South Australians not to wait. The COVID-19 pandemic has seen people put off seeing their healthcare providers. Unfortunately, for some conditions, there can be dire consequences if you wait. Hepatitis is one of those.

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Hep C: the virus that can be cured – making ‘not ok’ a bit more ‘ok’

Hepatitis SAJune 1, 2020June 1, 2020Uncategorisedcovid19 hepatitis C hepatitis C treatment quarantine self-compassion social media viral hepatitis nurseLeave a comment

By Lisa Carter

If you haven’t achieved some great new thing while in isolation, there is something wrong with you. At least that’s what some social media influencers would have us believe.

Motivational posts urging you to learn a new language, start a new business or acquire new knowledge, label you as lacking in discipline if you achieved none of those grand goals.

Truth is, if you are anything like me, you’d have been struggling to bother to even get dressed each day.

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M-m-m-my Corona

Hepatitis SAApril 13, 2020April 22, 2020Uncategorisedcoronavirus covid and hep C covid anxiety covid-19 hepatitis CLeave a comment

Coronavirus has revived old anxieties for Elle. Anxieties she had lived with for decades and of which she was relieved when her hepatitis C was cured in 2016. She shares her “corona experience” …

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