#77 Hep SA Community News

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Time for Treatment

Government-subsidised DAAs may not always be available

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he clock is ticking to eliminate hepatitis C in Australia as a public health issue, and Hepatitis Australia is sounding the alarm.

in Australia if all people living with hepatitis c take ñôĆñþĄñ÷õ ÿö Ąøõ ñŀÿĂôñòüõ ñþô õŀõóĄùĆõ óąĂõ ±ôùĂõóĄ« acting antiviral therapy) that is currently available.

The goal of NOHep by 2030 is realistic and achievable

Talking to the ABC, the CEO of Hepatitis Australia, Helen

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HEPATITIS SA COMMUNITY NEWS 77 • March 2018

Tyrell, explained that fewer than half as many people are currently accessing the direct-acting antivirals as there were immediately after Ąøõĉ ćõĂõ ŁĂ㥠üùăĄõô ÿþ Ąøõ æøñĂýñóõąĄùóñü ØõþõŁĄă éóøõýõ ±æØé² ßþ Ąøõ ŁĂ㥠three months after the listing,


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