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  • Worldwide,
    1 in 12 people are living with chronic hepatitis B or C.

  • Unlike hepatitis A & B,
    there is no vaccine for hepatitis C.

  • Hepatitis C can be cured by treatment.

  • Hepatitis C is the leading cause
    of liver transplants in Australia.

Hepatitis B

Hepatitis B is caused by the hepatitis B virus. Find out how Hepatitis B can be prevented.
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Hepatitis C

Hepatitis C is caused by the hepatitis C virus. Find out how Hepatitis C can be prevented.
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Hepatitis A, D, & E

Other types of hepatitis are A, D and E. Find out the how they are transmitted by reading further.
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National Hepatitis Health Promotion Conference

24-25 November 2011, Brisbane

The 2011 National Hepatitis Health Promotion Conference was held at the Hotel Grand Chancellor, Brisbane on the 24 and 25 November. Hepatitis Australia would like to thank the Project Reference Group, Hepatitis QLD, key note speakers, session chairs, abstract paper presenters, workshop facilitators and all delegates for helping to make the conference an overall success. The next National Hepatitis Health Promotion Conference will be held in 2013.

 


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National Infoline

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News

01 Nov 2011
Today the federal government announced that liver biopsy would no longer be mandatory prior to commencing hepatitis B treatment for the first time…
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Consensus Statement:

Addressing Hepatitis C in Australian Custodial Settings. Despite Australian Health Ministers endorsing...
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