Community

Waking to a New Life

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 …
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Voices for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Wellbeing

Given the evidence of huge disparities it is logical to give the Indigenous communities a valid voice
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World Hepatitis Day 2023

The focus of Hepatitis SA's 2023 World Hepatitis Day campaign was Life, Relationships and Hepatitis B.
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VOTE YES! Communities for the Voice

Community organisations like Hepatitis SA are coming forward to support the Uluru Statement of the Heart.

Hepatitis SA Supports the Voice to Parliament

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 …

Up to 3,000 lives saved in first year of Take-Home Naloxone program

Pharmaceutical Society of Australia calls for pharmacy participation in Take Home Naloxone program

Life, Relationships and Hepatitis B

Her nephew had just got engaged and wasn’t sure if he should tell his fiancé’s family about his hepatitis B.

HR23: Strength in Solidarity

Hepatitis SA delegates to the Harm Reduction International Conference 2023 share their takeaways.

Bringing Testing to Community

Hepatitis C rapid testing will soon be coming to aboriginal communities in regional South Australia.

It’s Your Right in SA

New hep C testing/treatment campaign’s successes The Eliminate Hepatitis C Australia Partnership (EC Australia) was created in 2018 to bring together researchers, scientists, government, health services and community organisations to …

Haemophilia & Childhood Hep C

For most people who live with haemophilia and were exposed to hepatitis C through their treatment products, before proper testing was introduced, the diagnosis experience was more than 30 years …
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Connections Improve Hepatitis C Care for People who are Homeless

Aaron* was shocked when his hepatitis C rapid test came back positive. When he was approached by a nurse and peer worker at the Hutt Street Centre to get tested, …
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Hepatitis C – Australia likely to miss targets

Despite having been one of the countries leading in the global campaign to eliminate viral hepatitis, Australia may now not meet its 2022 national hepatitis C treatment target or the …

World Hepatitis Day 2021 – Don’t Wait

28 July is World Hepatitis Day. This year, Hepatitis SA is urging South Australians not to wait. The COVID-19 pandemic has seen people put off seeing their healthcare providers. Unfortunately, …