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
Love your liver – Aboriginal community testing
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
Hepatitis B testing with the Iraqi community
Sunday 23rd April, 2017 Marconi Club, Bossley Park On the evening of Sunday the 23rd of April 2017, volunteers from Hepatitis B Free were invited to attend and provide point of care (POC) testing for hepatitis B virus at an Iraqi community health event. The gathering was in a high-ceiling exhibition hall at the MarconiContinue reading Hepatitis B testing with the Iraqi community
Get tested, be aware, fight stigma: hepatitis B community testing in the Hurstville Chinese Community
Hurstville chinese community testing eventContinue reading Get tested, be aware, fight stigma: hepatitis B community testing in the Hurstville Chinese Community
Hepatitis screening in the Korean community
Erica Longhurst On the 30th of April, the Hepatitis B Free team visited the Epping Community Centre to raise awareness about Hepatitis B and to provide quick and efficient blood tests to test for the Hepatitis B surface antigen. Whilst we were doing these two things, there were various presentations to the Korean community ofContinue reading Hepatitis screening in the Korean community