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Advocacy & policy

Hepatitis Australia provides national leadership and advocacy for action on hepatitis B and hepatitis C. We seek to ensure the elimination of hepatitis B and hepatitis C by 2030 making it Australia’s next major preventive and public health success.
 
Our policy and advocacy work improves national policies, data collection and access, and funding distribution. This page showcases some of our ongoing initiatives, advocacy priorities, and collaborative efforts to drive meaningful change.
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Submission on Draft Point of Care Testing Standard

January 15, 2026

Hepatitis Australia made a submission on the draft Point of Care Testing (POCT) Standard to the Australian Commission on Safety...
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Submission on Australian Centre for Disease Control Bill 2025

September 26, 2025

Joint submission with Health Equity Matters Australia’s record of achievement in responding to HIV, viral hepatitis, and sexually transmitted infections...
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Achieving 2030

September 16, 2025

A brief developed by Hepatitis Australia, with support from Gilead and GSK, highlights the progress made to date toward eliminating...
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities: Leading the Response to Hepatitis

July 28, 2025

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are at the forefront of Australia’s efforts to eliminate hepatitis B and hepatitis C.
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If hepatitis was 100 people

June 20, 2025

Almost 300,000 people in Australia currently live with hepatitis B and hepatitis C. If hepatitis affected 100 people, who would...
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Draft Australian Pregnancy Care & Postnatal Care Guidelines

April 29, 2025

Hepatitis Australia welcomes these developments and thanks the Australian Living Evidence Collaboration (Living Evidence for Australian Pregnancy and Postnatal Care...
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Joint Submission: ACT Healthy Prison Review

March 06, 2025

Hepatitis Australia and Hepatitis ACT welcome the ACT Inspector of Custodial Services third Healthy Prison Review of the Alexander Maconochie...

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