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Hepatitis C

The National Hepatitis C Strategy 2005-2008

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.

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Published by the Department of Health and Ageing
July 2005
The content of this publication was last modified on 18 July 2005

The key priority action areas of the new Strategy include:

  • Enhancing hepatitis C education and prevention efforts;
  • Assisting more people living with hepatitis C to access and stay on the very effective treatments now available; and
  • Improving national hepatitis C surveillance.
The full publication is available in PDF: Implementation plans 2005-2008 are available online - Booklet containing four implementation plans: National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sexual Health and Blood Borne Virus Strategy 2005-2008; National Hepatitis C Strategy 2005-2008; National HIV/AIDS Strategy 2005-2008; National Sexually Transmissible Infections Strategy 2005-2008.

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