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Understanding Clinical Trials in MASLD

Reviewed byJo Morgan, Nurse Consultant, Hepatology Clinical Research, RAHDr. Damien Harding, Consultant Gastroenterologist & Hepatologist, LMHLibby Cagney, Clinical Trials Manager Hepatology, FMC MASLD (Metabolic Associated Steatotic Liver Disease) – also …

While We Wait for a Hepatitis B Cure – Screen More, Treat More, Treat Earlier

The hepatitis B virus (HBV) is notoriously hard to get rid of. The virus embeds its covalently closed circular DNA (the cccDNA) in the liver, integrating itself into the host …

On the Ground – Great New Location for Uniting Communities U City NSP

by Carol Holly In early September, Uniting Communities, and its partner agencies and supporters, celebrated the opening of a new ground floor space within the Uniting Communities U City site …

High Hep C Cure Rate Among NSP Clients

Findings from the Australian Needle and Syringe Program (NSP) Survey 30-year National Data Report shows highly significant reductions in hepatitis C infections and high levels of treatment and cure among …

Birth-Dose Vaccination Crucial to Prevention of Chronic Hepatitis B in Children

Hepatitis Australia and ASHM have released a statement reminding all Australians of the importance of hepatitis B vaccinations to protect the health and wellbeing of children. The statement pointed out …

WHD2025 in South Australia

This year, the aim for World Hepatitis Day in Australia was to mobilise efforts to eliminate viral hepatitis by the WHO’s 2030 target. The month around World Hepatitis Day was …

SA Nurses Say Get Tested

Flinders Medical Centre hepatology nurses are urging people to get tested for viral hepatitis. Throwing their support behind Hepatitis SA’s World Hepatitis Day green T-shirts activity, the nurses have put …

World Hepatitis Day 2025 – It’s Time for Action: Testing Saves Lives

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 …

Transforming Hepatitis B Care: WHO Takes the Lead

Momentum is growing to simplify and expand treatment criteria so that more people with chronic hepatitis B will be treated.

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 …

National Reconciliation Week 2025: Bridging Now to Next

How to strengthen relationships between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-Indigenous peoples.

The Hepatitis Delta Global Landscape

WHA calls for hepatitis delta educational programs for community-based organisations and policymakers

Single-Contact Test and Cure for Hepatitis C?

Long-acting treatment could be the catalyst for hepatitis C elimination in vulnerable communities. Despite the introduction of DAAs 50 million worldwide still live with chronic hepatitis C, and there are …

Can a Parent’s HBV Affect Their Newborn’s Heart?

Studies have shown a higher rate of congenital heart disease in infants born to parents with hepatitis B.

Want to Get Tested? We’ll Come to Your Community

A lot of “thankyous” and laughter… not what you’d normally see in a testing clinic but that was the experience at two liver health check clinics Hepatitis SA held recently. …

Pathogens Don’t Defer to Presidents or Politicians

The sudden freezing of USAID funds is jeopardising the goal of eliminating viral hepatitis by 2030. In an editorial published 14 February, the Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology said efforts to …

William Donohue – Farewell to a Champion and Friend

Hepatitis SA staff were saddened to hear of the passing of Dr William Donohue. Not all of us have met him personally, but we were all aware of his significant …

Introducing SAhrps

Hepatitis SA’s peer-based needle and syringe program, NSP Peer Projects, is now called SA Harm Reduction Peer Services (SAhrps). This rebranding emphasises that the program offers more than just needle …

Reducing BBV Risks in the Permanent Make-up Industry

The permanent make up (PMU) industry in Australia is largely unregulated and while sad stories of botched eyebrows and misshapen lips gain media attention every now and then, less has …
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First Hepatitis B Rapid Testing in SA

After a long wait, hepatitis B point-of-care testing finally made its appearance at a community testing event in Adelaide. Hepatitis SA launched the first hepatitis B rapid testing clinic in …

Empowering Change, Reducing Stigma

Much has been said about the stigma around sexually transmitted infections (STI) and blood-borne-viruses (BBV). If you work with people living with HIV, hepatitis B or hepatitis C, you would …

World Hepatitis Testing Week

The first ever World Hepatitis Testing Week starts on 18 November. Inspired by the European Testing Week campaign which had been running twice a year since 2013, World Hepatitis Testing …

Supporting Families Who Support Users

Supporting someone close to you who is struggling with drugs or alcohol issues can be lonely and stressful. Most people are not equipped to deal with the challenge, and don’t …

Going Reflex for Timely Results

There is a true story about Helen, who for 12 years, lived with hep C without hep C. She lived with the feeling of guilt, isolation and anxiety until she …