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In Our Library: Resource Highlights, April 2024

Common complaints and symptoms

Liver Foundation, Melbourne, 2022. 3p.

Lists the most common symptoms that may indicate poor liver health or liver disease. Each symptom description links to further, more detailed, information.

Factors associated with hepatitis C testing, treatment, and current hepatitis C infection among men and women who inject drugs: The ETHOS engage study

International Journal of Drug Policy (via Elsevier), London, 2024. 12p.

Women who inject drugs face gendered barriers to care that impact on engagement with HCV services. Compared to men, women who inject drugs had similar HCV testing, but lower treatment uptake.

Women living with hepatitis: a call to action

World Hepatitis Alliance, Geneva, 2024. 5p.

Briefing document jointly released by the World Hepatitis Alliance and INHSU sheds light on the unique challenges faced by women living with viral hepatitis.

INHSU Prisons third annual workshop

INHSU Prisons, Geneva, 2024. 13p.

An interactive workshop sharing global best practice for the scale up of HCV testing, treatment and prevention services in prisons.

Tokanga’i koe mo ho ’ate pupula : Looking after yourself with hepatitis – just the basics (Tongan)

Hepatitis Foundation of New Zealand, Whakatāne, 2019. 2p. Brochure.

General lifestyle information, in Tongan language, about healthy living and dealing with hepatitis. symptoms.

Also available in Samoan.

Chronic hepatitis B care in regional Australia: implications for clinical practice and public health policy

Internal Medicine Journal (via John Wiley & Sons), Melbourne, 2024. 9p.

Current approaches are failing to deliver optimal care to Indigenous Australians in regional Nth Queensland. Targeted strategies to ensure that Indigenous Australians receive equitable care are urgently needed.

To view the full list of newly added titles with links  – go to the library home page.

Last updated 27 June 2024

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