Mental Health Worker Information

This fact sheet provides information for people working in Mental Health Services about discussing hepatitis C treatment and curing hepatitis C. It also dispels some of the myths related to hepatitis C.

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Page updated 14 January 2020

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Removing barriers to telehealth will improve access to hepatitis B treatment and hepatitis C cures

Media Statement Budget 2021: Hepatitis Australia welcomes the Australian Government’s commitment to extend telehealth and remove access barriers in the 2021 Budget. Patients with hepatitis B and hepatitis C can now access treatment via telehealth without needing to have previously or recently seen that clinician.
Investment in life saving research can eliminate viral hepatitis

Media statement Budget 2021: Hepatitis Australia welcomes the Australian Government’s significant investment of $6.7 billion in medical research over the next 4 years, including $2.6 billion for the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) and $3.6 billion for the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).
Parliamentary Morning Tea: We can eliminate hepatitis C!

The Parliamentary Friends Group for Action of Blood Borne Viruses Co-Chairs, Tim Wilson, MP and Senator Louise Pratt invite you to a Parliamentary Morning Tea on Thursday 12 November.
Renewed calls for Needle & Syringe Programs in prisons ahead of International Drug Users Day

The Australian Injecting and Illicit Drug Users League (AIVL) and Hepatitis Australia are highlighting international calls for Needle and Syringe Programs (NSPs) in prisons, along with a greater focus on harm reduction initiatives, ahead of International Drug Users Day on 1 November.

Hepatitis B Guide

Testing, treatment and staying healthy. This guide is to help you understand the process from being tested for hepatitis B (often called hep B) to living well with chronic (life-long) hep B.
Hepatitis C Guides

Testing and treating hepatitis C: Information for GPs and patients. Download these pdf resources specific to doctors and patients. Most patients with hep C can now be safely managed and cured in primary care.
Clinical guidelines

Australian guidelines for the testing and treatment of hepatitis B and hepatitis C
Contact tracing in regional and remote areas

This video is designed for health workers, especially those working closely with regional and remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
Taskforce on BBVs, Sexual Health and COVID-19

The BBV and sexual health sector taskforce discusses the scientific, clinical, BBV and sexual health service delivery and social implications of COVID-19, and provides consistent and evidence-based messaging to the health workforce, sector partners and community.
COVID-19

Information on the coronavirus COVID-19 for people affected by hepatitis B or hepatitis C.
Eliminating Hepatitis

Resources to assist with achieving international goals to eliminate Viral Hepatitis by 2030.
Other Languages

Hepatitis Australia resources translated into various languages
Hepatitis Statistics

A summary of the latest surveillance data for hepatitis B and C in Australia.
National Strategies

Links to Australia's National Hepatitis Strategies 2018 2022