Our work Policy and Advocacy National and International Representation As a national peak organisation Hepatitis Australia is often called upon, or seeks to participate in high level national forums relevant to viral hepatitis. Some aspects of Australia's response to viral hepatitis are world leading and our role in the global response means we can also be called upon to participate in international events and forums. Hepatitis Australia represents its members and communities of interest in the following forums: National: Ministerial Advisory Committee on Blood Borne Viruses and Sexually Transmissible Infections (MACBBVS) - Australian Government Department of Health Blood Borne Viruses and Sexually Transmitted Infections Standing Committee (BBVSS) - Australian Government Department of Health BBV/STI Annual Surveillance Report (ASR) Advisory Committee - Kirby Institute Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C Cascades Working Groups – Kirby Institute WHO Collaborating Centre for Viral Hepatitis Epidemiology and Public Health Research Advisory Group - Doherty Institute National Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C Testing Policy Expert Reference Groups - ASHM Australian STI Management Guidelines for Use in Primary Care Reference Committee - ASHM Strengthening Harm Reduction in Prisons Working Group – DPMP National Prisons Hepatitis Network Executive Committee Healthcare Providers Program Committee of the National Prisons Hepatitis Education Project EC Australia Executive Committee - Burnet Institute ACCESS Advisory Committee (Network Project) - Burnet Institute, Kirby Institute & Doherty Institute Advisory Group for the HBV Stigma Indicators Study – Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW Primary Care Collaborative Cancer Clinical Trials Group (PC4) Identifying Cirrhosis and Liver Cancer in Primary Care (IC3) Committee Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C Consensus Statements Community Oversight Groups – GESA Viral Hepatitis Conference Organising Committee – ASHM Stigma and Discrimination Video Project Working Group – ASHM Beyond the C National Steering Committee - ASHM Roadmap to Liver Cancer Control, Guidelines Community Reference Group – Cancer Council International: Member of the World Hepatitis Alliance ICE-HBV Stakeholders Group Member of the Vienna NGO Committee on Drugs Member of the International Network on Health and Hepatitis in Substance Users (INHSU) Page updated: 12 September 2022