Publications

The National Blood-borne Virus (BBV) and Sexually Transmissible Infections (STI) Surveillance and Monitoring Plan is a supporting document to the National Strategies for BBVs and STIs. The Plan has been developed by a steering committee under the direction of Communicable Diseases Network Australia (CDNA). Implementation of the plan will be overseen by the National BBV and STI Surveillance Sub-Committee of CDNA. The Sub-Committee will provide advice to CDNA on the staging of the implementation of the National BBV and STI Surveillance and Monitoring Plan, and oversee the annual implementation and reporting on the Plan.

• HIV
• Hepatitis B
• Hepatitis C
• Sexual Health

The Australian Health Ministers’ Conference have endorsed five new national strategies for blood borne viruses (BBVs) and sexually transmissible infections (STIs).

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
• Communicable diseases
• Hepatitis B
• Hepatitis C
• HIV
• Sexual Health

A supplementary document to these Guidelines which provides further background to hepatitis C in custodial settings and expands on the evidence base for the Guidelines is available from the Department of Health and Ageing. The supplementary document also includes appendices, additional reading and references.

• Communicable diseases
• Hepatitis C

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

• Communicable diseases
• Hepatitis C

The 2nd Edition of the National Hepatitis C Resource Manual aims to enhance the health outcomes of people affected or potentially affected by hepatitis C, by providing standardised, accurate and current information about hepatitis C and associated issues to a wide range of health care providers.

• Hepatitis C

The National Hepatitis C Testing Policy has been developed as a concise source of standardised currently available information to assist government, health professionals, industry, people living with hepatitis C, and the community in general, about matters associated with hepatitis C testing.

• Diseases and conditions
• Hepatitis C

The National Hepatitis C Strategy provides a foundation for national action that will guide Australia’s response to hepatitis C over the next three years.

• Communicable diseases
• Diseases and conditions
• Hepatitis C

The 2002 Reviews of the National HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C Strategies evaluated two of the key public health strategies in Australia. The Australian Government Response to the 2002 Reviews of the National HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C Strategies addresses the recommendations of the Reviews and outlines Government policy in relation to HIV/AIDS, hepatitis C and related issues.

• HIV & AIDS
• Communicable diseases
• Hepatitis C

In February 2002, Senator the Hon Kay Patterson, the Commonwealth Minister for Health and Ageing, requested independent reviews of the National HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C Strategies to be undertaken concurrently with the quinquennial reviews of the NationalCentres in HIV Research.

• Communicable diseases
• Hepatitis C
• HIV & AIDS

An assessment of access to and use of electronic resources on HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis C and other blood borne viruses

• Communicable diseases
• Hepatitis C
• HIV & AIDS

THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN RESCINDED: Eight papers were commissioned to inform of the development of the National Hepatitis C Strategy 1999-2000 to 2003-2004. The papers span the areas of: clinical research, epidemiology, social and behavioural research, and virology and basic scientific research. This publication represents the technical core of the policy development process.

• Communicable diseases
• Diseases and conditions
• Hepatitis C

THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN RESCINDED: The National Hepatitis C Strategy 1999-2000 to 2003-2004 was launched in June 2000 by the Federal Minister for Health and Aged Care. The Strategy has two primary aims to reduce the transmission of hepatitis C in Australia, and to minimise the personal and social impacts of hepatitis C infection.

• Communicable diseases
• Diseases and conditions
• Hepatitis C

THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN RESCINDED: The review documents the extent of the problem posed by Hepatitis C - in terms of the prevalence and incidence of infection, the economic costs to Australia, and the social impact of the disease; assesses the performance of the National Hepatitis C Action Plan and the Nationally Coordinated Hepatitis C Education and Prevention Approach; provides a broad analysis of the current national and State- and Territory-level responses to the epidemic; and recommendations on directions and priorities for national action.

• Communicable diseases
• Diseases and conditions
• Hepatitis C

Information brochure on hepatitis C - what it is, how is it transmitted, how to prevent transmission, symptoms, what you should do if you think you have it, discrimination and support services

• Communicable diseases
• Diseases and conditions
• Hepatitis C