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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.
Australia does not have a national strategy for hepatitis B, as it does for the hepatitis C epidemic. In the absence of a stated national strategy, this document has been prepared by a partnership of individuals, each with diverse interests in hepatitis B, to outline the current burden of hepatitis B in Australia from epidemiological, clinical, research, and community perspectives. The goal of this document is to raise public awareness of hepatitis B, develop advocacy for a national strategy, and provide a platform for developing a concerted public health response to this increasingly important epidemic.
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