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Hepatitis B and Sexual Health: What Students Need to Know During SHAG Week
SHAG Week (Sexual Health and Guidance Week) is all about empowering young people to take control of their sexual health through knowledge, open conversations and safer practices. Hepatitis ACT is proud to be part of this important initiative across Canberra’s CIT...
World Liver Day 2025
This year, World Liver Day's message is focused around #FoodIsMedicine and how nutrition impacts liver health, highlighting the crucial role of nutrition in maintaining liver health and how a balanced diet can help prevent liver diseases. The campaign encourages...
Healthy Prison Review
Hepatitis ACT partnered with Hepatitis Australia to submit a joint response to the third Healthy Prison Review of the AMC, led by the ACT Inspector of Custodial Services. Our submission focused on the urgent need for evidence-based harm reduction strategies in the...
Improving liver health and testing outcomes with ETHOS
The ETHOS ENGAGE study conducted by the Kirby Institute aims to improve testing accessibility and treatment outcomes of Hepatitis C in people who inject drugs. The observational cohort study collects demographic, behavioural, and clinical data. Conducted in waves...
Roses and STI protection, it must be National Condom Day
February 14 is best known as Valentine’s Day, but the loved-up day also has another moniker- National Condom Day (NCD). The health promotion event reminds people that condoms are not only a form of contraception but also an effective barrier against STI transmission....
Hepatitis ACT 2023-2024 Annual Report
The Hepatitis ACT 2023-2024 Annual Report highlights our commitment to our community and the Canberra region through education, outreach, testing, treatment, and advocacy. The period was one of significant growth, resilience, and transformation for the organisation....
Hepatitis ACT Launches 2025-2030 Strategic Plan
We are proud to unveil our 2025-2030 Strategic Plan, which outlines our vision for better liver health and wellbeing in the ACT and surrounding regions. This plan reaffirms our commitment to eliminating hepatitis B and C by 2030, while expanding our focus to address...
Join the Fight Against Hepatitis: Get Tested This World Hepatitis Testing Week
As World Hepatitis Testing Week approaches on 18 November, Hepatitis ACT urges the community to get tested for viral hepatitis and learn their status. With over 5,000 Canberrans potentially living with hepatitis B or C without knowing it, testing is the critical first...
2024 World Hepatitis Day Breakfast
Each World Hepatitis Day (28 July) communities around the world come together to join the ongoing fight against viral hepatitis. This year, Hepatitis ACT hosted a World Hepatitis Day Breakfast welcoming over 30 of Canberra’s leading politicians, policymakers, and...
Smarter Body Art – Helping people stay healthy
Smarter Body Art - Helping People Stay Healthy. Body art practices, such as piercing and tattooing, can put you at risk. There are rules and guidelines that approved body artists (body piercers and tattooists) should follow to prevent transmission of blood borne...