Written by Joyce Yu, Publicity Officer November 2017 marked the beginning of a new Hepatitis B Free project. Dr Alice Lee made the first visit to Kiribati, a beautiful island nation in the central Pacific Ocean consisting of 33 coral islands. Its capital city, Tarawa, lies roughly halfway between Australia and Hawaii. An incredibly remoteContinue reading New hope for Kiribati: Treating hepatitis B in the Pacific Islands
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
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
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
In March 2017, a multidisciplinary team returned to the Democratic Peoples’ Republic of Korea (DPRK) to evaluate and expand the hepatitis program, HOPE (Hepatitis B Overview and Program to trEat). Patients started on treatment last September returned for their bi-annual checkups, and new patients were started on the program. Despite tensions in the current externalContinue reading Counting the days
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