In this issue: Mouse Model for HCV Vaccine | Pathogens Don't Care About Your Politics | Measles & Liver Health | Hep D Action Needed | Community Testing | Hep B & Liver Cancer | Closing the Ever-Widening Gap
27 May is the anniversary of the 1967 referendum where Australians voted to remove clauses from the Australian Constitution that discriminated against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people; and 3 June is the anniversary of the 1992 High Court Mabo decision – the recognition that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ rights over their lands did survive British colonisation.
Hepatitis Australia is calling for national roll out universal hepatitis B testing for people over the age of 25.In a statement issued 8 April, Hepatitis Australia CEO, Lucy Clynes, said universal testing for hepatitis B is the next crucial step in eliminating hepatitis B and reducing liver cancer.
The sudden freezing of USAID is jeopardising the elimination of viral hepatitis by 2030, the Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology said, asking: “What are their implications for viral hepatitis elimination, for which progress has already stalled?
The Take Home Naloxone (THN) program funds pharmacies to provide Naloxone free to people who use opioids or who know someone who does. Use these maps to find your nearest naloxone pharmacy.
In this issue:
Celebrating 100 issues | In Memory of Mark Tiller | Hep C Drug Resistance | In Our Library: Living Well with Hepatitis | Community News - a Look Back | Waking to a New Life...
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) 2024 Global Hepatitis Report, the number of lives lost due to viral hepatitis is increasing. The disease is the second leading infectious cause of death globally -- with 1.3 million deaths per year, the same as tuberculosis, a top infectious killer, second only to COVID-19.
The first-ever World Hepatitis Testing Week starts 18 November. Inspired by the European Testing Week, it is a global effort to encourage people to get tested for hepatitis B and hepatitis C.
As Australia marks World Hepatitis Day on 28 July, we are reminded that almost 300,000 people in the country are living with hepatitis B or hepatitis C, putting them at increased risk of serious liver disease and liver cancer. They shouldn’t have to be. There is effective treatment and a vaccine for hepatitis B, and hepatitis C can be cured with highly effective direct-acting antivirals.
South Australian MPs have been urged by Hepatitis SA and Cancer Council SA to help raise hepatitis B awareness in their communities
Health Minister Mark Butler has urged Australians to accelerate action to eliminate hepatitis B and hepatitis C. The Minister was at a federal parliamentary World Hepatitis Day event on 4 July 2024.
Reconciliation between Aboriginal and non-indigenous Australians took a battering in 2023 when the referendum on constitutional recognition of our country’s first people was defeated.
