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Hepatitis C Prevention, Treatment and Care: Guidelines for Australian Custodial Settings

The health and corrections sectors are committed to working jointly to strengthen the response to emerging public health issues in custodial settings.

These Guidelines and their Evidence-Base have been developed by the Prisons Working Group of the Hepatitis C Subcommittee of the Ministerial Advisory Committee on AIDS, Sexual Health and Hepatitis (MACASHH) for the prevention, treatment and care of hepatitis C in custodial settings. The guiding principles for this document have been adopted from the National Hepatitis C Strategy 2005-2008.

Australian Health Ministers endorsed these Guidelines in July 2008. Corrective Services Ministers have also endorsed these Guidelines.


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