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A widely-acclaimed community-led Northern Territory health program which closed the gap for hepatitis B is calling for ongoing support for screening, treatment pathways and workforce capacity building, so that hard-earned …
Jeff Stewart’s career as a nurse has never lacked variety, colour and challenge. He had worked with MSF in South Sudan, Rwanda and Liberia, with Aboriginal health services in Yalata, …
Australia’s hepatitis experts have welcomed a new statement from the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) confirming the importance and safety of administering the hepatitis B vaccine at birth. Responding to …
Hepatitis is not often seen as a health issue for children – but as shown in Community News #107, children can be at risk of hepatitis or hepatitis-related health issues …
Adrian Hicks wants to shout out to the world: If you have hepatitis B, don’t ignore it… do something, your life may depend on it! Adrian lives with not one …
Involvement in a clinical trial may provide access to new treatments and provide participants with a higher level of clinical care, which many people with fatty liver find beneficial.
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 …
Uniting Communities, its partner agencies and supporters celebrated the opening of a new ground floor space within the U City on Franklin Street.
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Momentum is growing to simplify and expand treatment criteria so that more people with chronic hepatitis B will be treated.
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 …
How to strengthen relationships between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-Indigenous peoples.
WHA calls for hepatitis delta educational programs for community-based organisations and policymakers
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 …
Studies have shown a higher rate of congenital heart disease in infants born to parents with hepatitis B.
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. …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
November 2025
