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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
South Australia must continue the momentum of progress towards hepatitis elimination and ensure that no community is left behind. This was the call from the State’s Minister for Health and …
One of the keys to viral hepatitis elimination is to make hepatitis screening, monitoring and clinical management part of the broader health system, delivered along with other infectious diseases screening and care.
Injections as a form of drug delivery for people with chronic diseases, may one day be a thing of the past. Two Australian university researchers are a step closer to …
“We acknowledge all Indigenous peoples around the world here with us and online. We, the presenters of the Indigenous Session at the World Hepatitis Summit 2024 are here to present …
At first glance, Harmony Day at Community Access and Services SA (CAaSSA) in Ascot Park is like most other multi-cultural festivals: people from minority cultures milling around in exotic costumes, …
“To improve the lives of the over 300 million people living with hepatitis, the attendees of the 4th World Hepatitis Summit call for a reset and re-invigoration of the response. …
The World Hepatitis Summit has called on governments to put words into action and take concrete steps to reduce the impact of viral hepatitis.
Around the world, women living with hepatitis face barriers to getting care and treatment, beyond those faced by their male counterparts. This was the clear message from an international panel …
Most people are unaware of the link between diabetes and hepatitis - two chronic conditions common in Australia.
The Close the Gap Campaign has called on Australians to take the initiative to act on truth-telling by undertaking their own processes in their organisations, institutions, professions, and communities to …
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The Hep C Community News began as a seven-page black and white newsletter in October 1997. Now, 26 years later, we’ve reached our 100th issue! You can read an in-depth …
HepSA Community News site is the shared online space for the HepSAY blog and the quarterly Community News magazine.
A study is exploring whether cash rewards would motivate people to start hepatitis C treatment, and if it does, what level of payment is needed.
Before social media and online chat, there were newsletters. People read them, wrote letters to the editor and contributed essays. That’s when the Community News was born.
The elimination of hepatitis B and hepatitis C is one of the key strategies outlined in a set of guidelines addressing the alarming rise of liver cancer cases and associated …
Maureen Cook went from worrying about how long she had to live to planning for a whole new life. It only took her 23 years. “I only found out I …
Community organisations like Hepatitis SA are coming forward to support the Uluru Statement of the Heart.
On 5 June 2023, the Board of Hepatitis SA resolved to support the Voice to Parliament.Hepatitis SA accepts the invitation of the Uluru Statement from the Heart and welcomes the …
Her nephew had just got engaged and wasn’t sure if he should tell his fiancé’s family about his hepatitis B.
August 2024
