Carla and Jamal

Amamoo

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Visionaries: SA Health, WA Health, NT Health and QLD Health formed a partnership to fund the production of a blood-borne virus awareness comic and poster series.

Workshops: The workshops to develop the script were held with young people in Adelaide and Perth.

Production: Damian:

Workshops, Script, Creative Supervision

Rachel:

Project Manager

Chris:

Workshop Notes and Script

Jintaiquan, Weiyi:

Pencils and Inks

K. Loh:

Colours

Jaymes:

Letters

Diane, Jax, Kelly:

Editing

Rachel, Mengling:

Editing

Erik, Orlando, Liz,

Proofing

Rachel, Elsie:

Proofing

Lesley:

Pre-press

Thanks: Lisa Bastian, Christina Phung, Daniel Gallant, Lindsay Krassnitzer, Andrew Young and Judith Bevan.

We hope this comic helps to reduce the spread of blood-borne viruses and assists the community to better understand the importance of needle and syringe programs.

Damian Amamoo, CEO, Inception Strategies www.inceptionstrategies.com

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epatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV are blood borne viruses (BBVs), which means they can be transmitted from the blood of a person with a BBV to another person. Sharing injecting equipment, using unsterile tattooing or piercing equipment, or anything that could have someone’s blood on it can put you at risk of getting a BBV. Hepatitis B and HIV can also be transmitted through unprotected sex, and it is possible that a pregnant woman with these infections can pass them on to her unborn child.

BBVs can cause serious illness, but they can all be prevented. Treatments are available but you may have to take them for a long time. The best way to keep yourself safe from BBVs is to always use condoms and never share any injecting equipment, unsterile piercing or tattooing gear, or anything that could have someone else’s blood on it. It is important to get tested regularly.

For more information about blood borne virus prevention (including hepatitis B vaccination), testing and treatment please contact your health worker or local health clinic, or one of the agencies below.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA: Hepatitis WA Hepatitis Helpline: (08) 9328 8538 (Metro) 1800 800 070 (Country) www.hepatitiswa.com.au

Clinic 34 Darwin (08) 8999 2678 Nhulunbuy (08) 8987 0357 Katherine (08) 89739049 Alice Springs (08) 8951 7549 Tennant Creek (08) 8962 4603 http://www.health.nt.gov.au/Clinic_34/index.aspx

Western Australian Substance Users’ Association (WASUA) (08) 9321 2877 www.wasua.com.au

NT AIDS and Hepatitis Council Provides confidential support to people with HIV and Hepatitis C and operates a Needle and Syringe Program

WA AIDS Council (WAAC) (08) 9482 0000 www.waaids.com

Darwin (08) 8944 7777 Palmerston (08) 8931 3676 Alice Springs (08) 8953 3172 http://www.ntahc.org.au/

Freedom Centre (08) 9228 0354 www.freedom.org.au

SOUTH AUSTRALIA:

QUEENSLAND: Queensland Health 13 HEALTH (13 432584) www.health.qld.gov.au/sexhealth Hepatitis Queensland 1300 HEP ABC (1300 437 222) www.hepqld.asn.au Ethnic Communities Council of Queensland (ECCQ) (07) 3844 9166 www.eccq.com.au Queensland Positive People (07) 3013 5555 www.qpp.org.au

NORTHERN TERRITORY:

Free and confidential sexual health and BBV testing and treatment is available at:

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Clinic 275 No appointment necessary: (08) 8222 5075 (metro) 1800 806 490 (regional callers) http://www.stdservices.on.net/Default.aspx Hepatitis SA Hepatitis SA Helpline (08) 8362 8443 or 1300 437 222 (regional callers) www.hepatitissa.asn.au The AIDS Council of South Australia Telephone Information Service (08) 8334 1611 http://www.acsa.org.au/home.html Sexual Health information networking and education (SHine SA) Free sexual health services for women and men under the age of 25 East/West Adelaide Woodville (08) 8300 5300 Northern Adelaide Davoren Park (08) 8256 0700 Southern Adelaide Christies Beach (08) 8186 8600 http://www.shinesa.org.au/

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We would like to thank the following talented people for their assistance in developing the storyline: Francis Oneka, Michael Blackwell, Chloe Wallace, Robert Charles, G-Marl Jamal, Aimee-Jo Christensen, Jessica Gray, Hayden Wilson, Dawnn Graham, Shanamae Davies, Emilia Lingi, Jarrad Turvey, Glen Rodney, Jonnie, Malikizoh, John Edwards, Josh Loo, Ian Gowing, Angie Roche, Michael Nguyen, Quang Thanh Nguyen and Carole Rogomaicake.

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