This year marks the fifth year that Hepatitis B Free has been working in the Oro Province of Papua New Guinea (PNG). From the 23rd to 29th of July 2017, a team of six volunteers including doctors, nurses and a medical student, returned to the region to run clinics for vaccination and community health needs.Continue reading Back in Papua New Guinea: July 2017 medical trip (pt. 1)
Report by Sue Huntley, Director of Hepatitis B Free In 2015, during our last trip to the remote community of the Barai tribe, we noted that very few of the small villages had water tanks for water source within a short distance of the majority of the dwellings. The Hepatitis B Free Committee made aContinue reading Water Tanks for remote Barai villages in PNG
Monday 17th April 2017, 4-8 pm Assyrian Church of the East, Edensor Park This was my first time volunteering with Hepatitis B Free. We arrived at the “Rejoice Easter Festival” held by the Holy Apostolic Assyrian Church of the East, Edensor Park. As we discovered, this is a huge community event held every year. TheContinue reading Assyrian community Easter fair
Saturday 29th April, 2017 Villawood Senior Citizens Centre, Villawood On Saturday 29th April, 2017, Hepatitis B Free was invited for the third time to work with the Burmese community in Sydney to promote hepatitis B awareness and provide free testing. Every month as part of the Burmese community aged project, seniors meet together and doContinue reading Burmese community aged project
Friday 28th April, 2017 The Hub, Miller Hepatitis B Free pays respect to the Aboriginal Elders and descendants both past and present who are the traditional custodians of the lands on which we live and work. There was a crisp chill in the air as we began setting up our stall, and I was gladContinue reading Love your liver – Aboriginal community testing
