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Managing Chronic Hepatitis B – Advice for GPs (SHINE SA video)

In Aboriginal Health, Crime and law, Gay Lesbian & Bisexual Health, Hepatitis, LGBTIQ+ issues, Multicultural communities, People Who Inject Drugs / AOD, Safer sex, Sexual, gendered & partner violence, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), SHINE SA news & events

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SHINE SA, July 2017 Today, July 28th, is World Hepatitis Day. There are no ‘healthy carriers’ of hepatitis B! SA Health & SHINE SA are promoting a 6-minute video providing advice for general practitioners in diagnosing, managing and contact tracing patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB), to assist in preventing serious liver disease. It is now known that people who were...

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AMA calls for needle and syringe programs (NSPs) to be introduced in prisons

By J Pope

In Aboriginal Health, Crime and law, Hepatitis, HIV, People Who Inject Drugs / AOD

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Australian Medical Association, January 9th 2017 The AMA has called for needle and syringe programs (NSPs) to be introduced in prisons and other custodial settings, to reduce the spread of Blood Borne Viruses (BBVs) including hepatitis B and C, and HIV. AMA President, Dr Michael Gannon, said today that prevalence of BBVs is significantly higher in prisons, yet custodial facilities provide a...

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