AIHW, Canberra, 2021. Webpages; 14p. report
The Burden of Disease conditions list contains 219 conditions (inc. hep B and C) in an interactive, searchable format as well as a downloadable web report.
CSRH, Sydney, 2021. 44p.
The material reflects the prevention, care and treatment cascades for HIV and STIs. Inc: gay and bisexual men and HIV prevention; testing for HIV and STIs; and stigma.
Penington Institute, Melbourne, 2021. 165p.
Overdose deaths are calculated to cost more than $15.5 billion every year. The cost to the families is impossible to calculate. This report contains findings that should prompt a shift to drug policies based on lived experience and research. Register to receive via email (free).
AASLD (vi Wiley), Melbourne, 2021. 35p.
This is a comprehensive guidance on the diagnosis, evaluation, and management of ascites and hepatorenal syndrome (HRS) in patients with chronic liver disease.
Medical News Today, Bexhill-on-Sea, 2021. 4p.
Hepatitis C often does not always cause symptoms, but if the infection becomes chronic, it can cause complications over time. One of these is joint inflammation and pain.
Medical News Today, Bexhill-on-Sea, 2021. 5p. article
A hep C viral load can indicate if people have an active infection or whether treatment is reducing levels of the virus. This article explores hep C tests, what their results mean, and who requires testing.
Humankind, Bowburn, Durham, 2021. 2p.
Aims to ensure that individuals receive service based on best practice in harm reduction principles from well informed and responsive staff and volunteers.
Hepatitis ACT, Canberra, 2020. 14p.
Info about hep B & C , how to stay safe if getting a tattoo, legal requirements for tattooing (age of consent etc), and how to check whether tattooists are using safe practices. Versions for those who identify as girls and for those who identify as boys).
Infectious Disease Advisor, New York, 2021. 2p article review.
In Iceland between 2016 and 2019, the free ‘treatment as prevention for hep C’ (TraP HepC) program was offered to all individuals with HCV. The program also included NSPs and offered medication-assisted opioid treatment.
Hepatitis Victoria, Melbourne, 2018. 2p.
Contains general hep C transmission risks, sexual transmission, sex and relationships, and safe sex and STIs.
Medical Journal of Australia, Sydney, 2021. 8p.
The proportion of cases caused by herbal and dietary supplements has increased since 2009.
Sexual Health & Blood-borne Virus Applied Research and Evaluation Network (SiREN), Perth, 2019. Video 1:44 minutes
Peer-based outreach to providing testing and treatment people who find it difficult to get access to regular healthcare.
Medical Journal of Australia, Sydney, 2021. Early view free then abstract only
The continuing increase in the number of GPs prescribing DAA and the number treating single patients suggest that GPs are gaining confidence in prescribing DAA therapy.
Int J Drug Policy (via National Library of Medicine), Bethesda MA, 2021. 1p. article abstract.
Study shows that the Needle Exchange Programs can be a useful tool for engaging actively injecting PWID in HCV management.
Hepatitis ACT, Canberra, 2020. 7p.
Information about the vitamin and mineral content (and what that means) and daily recommended intake of a range of fruits that are beneficial for liver health.
Hepatitis ACT, Canberra, 2020. 3p.
Information about the vitamin and mineral content and daily recommended intake of a range of vegetables that are beneficial for liver health.
UNSW Centre for Social Research in Health, Sydney, 2021. Video seminar 1 hour
Carla Treloar facilitated a seminar as part of the Spotlight in Stigma series with presentations by Loren Brener, Timothy Broady, Darryl O’Donnell (AFAO) and Aaron Cogle (NAPWHA).
Patient Related Outcome Measures (via PubMed Central), Bethesda MD. 2020. 13p.
HBV-related stigma is common, particularly in some countries in SE Asia and the Western Pacific region and among Asian immigrant communities. Initiatives are needed to document and combat stigma.
Matilda Centre, Sydney, 2021. Website
aims to support and empower individuals and communities working to address ice use and related harms - fact pages available in language.
Hepatitis Queensland, Brisbane, 2021. Website
Hep B information for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples (community and service providers) including: testing, vaccination, healthy lifestyle and how to find clinics ans service providers (Qld based).
Hepatitis C Trust, London, 2021. Conference poster.
Aims to demonstrate that entire prison populations can be safely tested for HCV within 5 days and rapidly initiated on treatment, thereby micro-eliminating HCV in individual prisons.
Int. Journal of Drug Policy (via Elsevier), New York, 2021. 1p. detailed abstract.
People entering custody perceive fingerstick HCV RNA point-of-care testing preferable to standard testing: prison health authorities should consider role of opt-out point-of-care RNA testing upon prison entry.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Basel, 2021. 11p.
Interviews with community leaders and focus groups which sought to identify hepatitis and liver cancer knowledge and awareness among local Arabic and Assyrian-speaking communities in Western Sydney.
Centre for Social Research in Health, Sydney, 2019. 3x podcasts
Series of podcasts about negotiating pleasures and risk around sex on crystal. May contain explicit language.
Scottish Government (Riaghaltas na h-Alba), Edinburgh, 2021. 28p.
Looks at impact of Covid-19 on Sexual Health and BBV services, and plans for recovering ground lost during the pandemic, noting hep C treatment targets 2020-21 were suspended and service closures impacted opportunities for diagnosis.
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