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
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
Hurstville chinese community testing eventContinue reading Get tested, be aware, fight stigma: hepatitis B community testing in the Hurstville Chinese 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
