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Hepatitis C is a blood borne virus and a major cause of liver disease and liver cancer. Around 150m people globally are estimated to suffer from the virus and in the UK, and many developed countries, people…
The idea of prisoners having sex upsets people; it offends our sense that prison is a place of punishment not pleasure. But sex still happens, maybe more than we like to think. And if it is happening…
Fifty-five women contracted hepatitis C after having abortions in Melbourne between 2008 and 2009. James Latham Peters, an anaesthetist with a drug dependence, has been prosecuted in Victoria for infecting…
The announcement yesterday by Chief Minister Katy Gallagher to establish a needle exchange in the ACT’s Alexander Maconochie Prison is historic. Politicians need votes like the rest of us need oxygen…
It’s no secret that prisoners inject drugs. And because they don’t have access to sterile needles, inmates not only share needles – they share infectious diseases as well. The ACT government is currently…
The prevalence of hepatitis is dropping among the nation’s prison entrants, but infection rates could fall even faster through…
Hopes for an effective vaccine and treatment against the potentially fatal hepatitis C infection have received a major boost…
Hepatitis C is a blood-borne virus that infects about 3% of the world’s population. It’s a significant cause of both illness and death due to cirrhosis (advanced liver scarring) and liver cancer. By the…
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Infectious Diseases Physician, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney; Scientia Professor, Kirby Institute, UNSW
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Professor of Viral Hepatitis, University of Glasgow
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Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Viral Hepatitis, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
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Professor and Director of the Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW
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Professor, Deakin University
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Senior Lecturer, Gastroenterology & Hepatology Unit and Consultant Gastroenterologist & Hepatologist, University of Ibadan
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Research Fellow, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University
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Deputy Director, Burnet Institute, Adjunct Professor, Monash University, Burnet Institute
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Emeritus Consultant, St Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst
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Associate Professor of Epidemiology & Program Head of Surveillance Evaluation and Research, UNSW
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Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan
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Adjunct Professor, School of Psychology, Curtin University and College of Health and Medicine, Australian National University
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Assistant Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University
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Medical Director, Viral Hepatitis Centre, Johns Hopkins University
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Professor and Executive Dean of School, Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University