Factsheet: Your rights and responsibilities

This brief factsheet provides an overview of peoples' rights and responsibilities when living with hepatitis B or hepatitis C.

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Page updated: 5 May 2023

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New Clinical practice guidelines for hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance for people at high risk in Australia

The Clinical practice guidelines for HCC surveillance for people at high risk in Australia aim to provide information and recommendations to guide surveillance for people at high risk of HCC.
New Research: “The most culturally safe training I’ve ever had”: the co-design of a culturally safe Managing hepatitis B training course with and for the Aboriginal health workforce of the Northern Territory of Australia

This research paper describes the factors which led to the successful co-design, delivery, and evaluation of the “Managing hepatitis B” course for the Aboriginal health workforce.
Constitutional reform is important to improve health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities

In this newsletter, we highlight the positive health outcomes that can be achieved when Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voices are listened to. Authorised by C Fowlie, Hepatitis Australia, 4/6b Thesiger Ct, Deakin ACT 2600.
International Hepatitis B Community Forum

Hepatitis Australia is proud to be an endorser of the Hepatitis B Community Forum, occurring as part of HBV International Meeting on 19 September 2023

Who do you have to tell?

In most situations it is your choice whether you tell someone that you have hepatitis B or hepatitis C. However, there are some situations where you must disclose that you have, or previously had, hepatitis.
Telling others you have hepatitis B or C

This page contains information to help you talk to the people you decide to tell, including friends and family, employers and education institutions, and health care workers.
Discrimination

Having hepatitis does not mean that you should be treated differently from anyone else.
Confidentiality

In general, it is illegal for most employers and all health care services to share any identifiable information about your health without your permission.
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Evidence-based recommendations to reduce the clinical, economic, societal and humanistic burden of Hepatitis and Hepatocellular Carcinoma and improve public health in Asia Pacific. Read more