Other Useful Contacts
Other Hepatitis C Organisations
Australian Injecting and Illicit Drug Users' League is the peak organisation representing state and territory based drug user groups - www.aivl.org.au
Australian Society of HIV Medicine - ASHM is the peak Australasian organisation representing the medical and health sector in HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis and related areas - www.ashm.org.au. For contact details on practitioners and relevent organisations visit www.ashm.org.au/ashm-directory to search the ASHM Directory of HIV, hepatitis and related services.
Haemophilia Foundation Australia is the peak organisation representing state and territory based haemophilia foundations - www.haemophilia.org.au
Hep-links.com is a cooperative initiative between various hepatitis C patient group associations in countries across Europe and the Middle East. The primary objective of this web site is to provide newly diagnosed hepatitis C patients with an easy to access online directory of patient group association websites and resources within their home country - www.hep-links.com (website) http://heplinks.blogspot.com (blog)
Multicultural HIV/AIDS & Hepatitis C Service - A multilingual site on HIV/ AIDS & hepatitis C for people in Australia - www.multiculturalhivhepc.net.au
Hepatitis B Organisations
Advancing the Clinical Treatment of Hepatitis B Virus (ACT-HBV®) is an initiative created to meet the information needs of physicians and other health care providers involved in the care of patients who are infected with the hepatitis B virus (HBV) or who are at risk for infection - www.act-hbv.com.
Complementary/Alternative Therapies
Australian Traditional Medicine Society - www.atms.com.au
Complementary Healthcare Council of Australia - www.chc.org.au
Harm Reduction
Alcohol and Other Drugs Council of Australia (ADCA) is the peak, national, non-government organisation representing the interests of the Australian alcohol and other drugs sector, providing a national voice for people working to reduce the harm caused by alcohol and other drugs - www.adca.org.au
Anex - Anex developed from an informal network of Victorian NSPs. In 2004, representatives from the Australian NSP sector endorsed Anex as the national voice and advocate for NSPs and harm reduction - www.anex.org.au
The Centre for Harm Reduction - www.chr.asn.au
Drug Policy Alliance (USA) - www.drugpolicy.org
DrugSense (USA) - www.drugsense.org
The Beckley Foundation (USA/UK) - www.internationaldrugpolicy.org