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Reaching Out to Baby Boomers

Cecilia LimDecember 28, 2017February 5, 2018Uncategorisedbaby boomer health hepatitis C older Australians silent diseaseLeave a comment

Hepatitis Australia is currently developing a campaign to reach baby boomers and other community groups who may have been missed in past hepatitis C awareness raising efforts.

Almost eight out of ten people living with hepatitis C are not current injecting drug users. Although the majority of Australians who acquire hepatitis C did so through unsafe injecting, 67 per cent (124,590) of them are no longer injecting drug users.

Close to 230,000 people were living with hepatitis C at the end of 2015. Of these, 25,000 (11%) were born overseas in regions of high prevalence and almost 16,000 (7%) contracted the virus through transfusion of unscreened blood and blood products, unsterile medical procedures, or mother-to-child transmission.

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Tips for Low-Salt Eating this Christmas

Rose MDecember 19, 2017December 19, 2017Uncategorisedchristmas healthy christmas healthy eating liver disease low salt low sodiumLeave a comment

Christmas is all about relaxing with friends, family and, above all, food! Food is about so much more than nutrition, especially on big occasions. Having a treat and feeling connected to friends and family by sharing the pleasure of favourite foods is a big part of the holiday.

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Eating Low Sodium Part Two – Tracking your daily sodium

Rose MDecember 19, 2017April 23, 2018Uncategorisedhealthy eating liver disease low salt low sodium1 Comment

If you have been advised to go on a low salt diet and are reluctant to forgo salty favourites, tracking your daily intake may be the way to go.

In this second part of our low-salt series for people with liver disease, we look at modifying diet to stay within the recommended daily sodium intake*, and we discuss the pros and cons so you can see if this is a realistic option for you. (Click here to read Part One – No Added Salt Diet)

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Tackling Hepatitis and Other Blood-borne Viruses in Prisons

James MorrisonOctober 30, 2017November 6, 2017Uncategorisedhepatitis hepatitis B hepatitis C treatment HIV prisons treatment supportLeave a comment

The prevalence of hepatitis C and hepatitis B in Australian prisons is higher than in in the wider community, but prison settings also present and opportunity for testing, monitoring and treatment, especially for hepatitis C since the introduction of new, highly effective drugs that has shortened treatment time dramatically.

Up to 40 per cent of prisoners have hepatitis C, compared to only one per cent in the wider community, and three to four per cent of prisoners have hepatitis B, compared to just under one per cent in the wider South Australian community.

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Eating Low Sodium Part One – the No Added Salt Diet

Rose MSeptember 22, 2017April 23, 2018Uncategorisedhealth healthy eating liver disease low salt low sodiumLeave a comment

In this series on low salt eating for people with liver disease we will be looking at how to modify your diet to stay within the recommended daily sodium intake *. This daily limit is for those people who need to control fluid retention and is significantly higher than that recommended for people who need to control high blood pressure. Be sure to check with your doctor which limit is right for you.

Part One will cover the No Added Salt diet recommended by GESA and many other medical associations around the world.

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Handy Tool Simplifies Management of Hepatitis C Treatment

Cecilia LimAugust 18, 2017August 24, 2017UncategorisedDAAs GP prescribing hepatitis C treatment treatment supportLeave a comment

One of the key planks of Australia’s hepatitis C elimination strategy is increasing treatment through management by General Practitioners (GPs), making it easier for individuals to receive treatment and facilitating access to hard-to-reach communities.

GP training programs have been rolled out across the country and GP prescribing had increased from 8 per cent in March to 31 per cent in December. However, most prescribing (62 per cent) are still by specialists and GP prescriptions in South Australia, Northern Territory, ACT and Victoria are significantly below average.

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