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Hepatitis Testing Save Lives – It’s Time for Action

In Australia, there are two diseases which, together, kill nearly 1000 people every year. They affect close to 300,000 people and are also the leading causes of rising liver cancer …

Community

National Reconciliation Week – a Summary

National Reconciliation Week ends today and here’s a quick wrap of what we found in the– mostly public broadcast – media. Click on the items to read, watch or listen …

Pat Dodson Urges PM to Act on Reconciliation

Former Labor senator Pat Dodson, sometimes called ‘the Father of Reconciliation’, has emerged from a self-imposed silence to urge the prime minister to take up the cause once more with …
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Living with Hepatitis

In Our Library: Liver cancer and other hepatitis-related conditions

This World Hepatitis Day we are focussing on testing. Early detection of viral hepatitis is vital to prevent avoidable deaths, like those caused by liver cancer.  Hepatitis B increases liver cancer risk by …

‘Malhotra Syndrome’: What is it?

A study recently published by a gastroenterology research team in India, has identified a new ”phobia’ in people who have been cured of hepatitis C – the fear of reinfection. …
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Policies & Research

98.9%: The Hepatitis C Cure Rate with Current Direct-Acting Antivirals

When we at Hepatitis SA talk with members of the community about hepatitis C treatment, we usually point out that the current available cure works for more than 95% of …

Experimental Hep B Treatments: Good & Bad News

Two different experimental hepatitis B virus (HBV) treatments have shown very different results in their phase 2 trials in recent weeks. One, while initially promising, has failed to show high …
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Resources

In Our Library: Resource Highlights, May 2025

HepSA Library May acquisition highlights: hepatitis elimination, hepatitis D, World Hepatitis testing Week, and more… Click on the images to access, or view all resources added to our library in the last …

Beating Cancer Through Hepatitis Elimination

Despite having all the tools to combat liver cancer, a lack of prioritisation and action has resulted in an increase in mortality worldwide. These deaths are entirely preventable if people …
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