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Hepatitis B in Australia: Responding to a Diverse Epidemic

Australia urgently needs an improved response to the hepatitis B virus epidemic. The prevalence of the condition is escalating, and complications of the disease, including liver failure and liver cancer, are increasing.

Following the Australian Health Ministers’ Conference (22 April 2010), all states and territories along with the Commonwealth have endorsed the five new national strategies for blood-borne viruses (BBVs) and sexually transmissible infections (STIs).

This is the first national hepatitis B strategy to be adopted in Australia.

The goal of the First National Hepatitis B Strategy 2010–2013 is to reduce the transmission of, and morbidity and mortality caused by, hepatitis B and to minimise the personal and social impact of hepatitis B.

Download The First National Hepatitis B Strategy