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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 …

Training Breakthrough with SAPOL

Blood safety and viral hepatitis education and training are now a requirement for all South Australian Police operational personnel. After a year of negotiations with SA Police Training and Development …

Full Circle – Gary’s Story

Gary Spence began his adult working life in the police. He moved on to community services and came full circle with a unique achievement: successfully lobbying for the inclusion of …

Why is Liver Cancer Rate Still Rising?

As we mark Liver Cancer Awareness Month, one question jumps out: Why is the rate of liver cancer increasing when there are effective ways to prevent it? The biggest risk …

Into the Community

South Australia has done well in progressing towards hepatitis elimination. More than half of people in the state with hepatitis C have been cured, but momentum has slowed, and with …

Shopping Centre Fibroscans – Popular as Hot Cakes

A liver health scan would not be on your ‘to-get’ list when you visit your local stores, so shoppers at the Arndale Shopping Centre in Kilkenny, north-west of Adelaide, were …

Hepatitis B Advocacy Letter to MPs

South Australian Members of Parliament have been urged to help raise hepatitis B awareness in their communities, and to support calls for more resources to increase efforts to reach people …