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Hepatitis C

The Ministerial Advisory Committee on AIDS, Sexual Health and Hepatitis (MACASHH)

This committee is the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing’s high level expert committee, providing advice on issues relevant to HIV/AIDS, sexually transmissible infections and hepatitis C.

In this section:

Members
Biographies of the committee members can be found in a link from the following media release.

>> Media Release

Hepatitis C Information

The Ministerial Advisory Committee on AIDS, Sexual Health and Hepatitis (MACASHH) was established late 2003, in response to the 2002 Reviews of the National HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C Strategies, which identified the need for a restructure of the Government’s existing HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C advisory mechanisms.

The new advisory structure consists of an overarching MACASHH and is supported by three expert subcommittees:

The membership of each committee comprises experts from relevant medical specialities, public health, health promotion, treatment and research, and community representatives. MACASHH will consolidate the advice of the expert subcommittees.

Under the chairmanship of the Hon Dr Michael Wooldridge, MACASHH and the three supporting subcommittees will be responsible for identifying emerging issues surrounding HIV/AIDS, hepatitis and sexual health and to recommends ways of strengthening Australia’s response to managing these public health concerns.

Committee Membership


Ministerial Advisory Committee on AIDS, Sexual Health and Hepatitis
The Hon Dr Michael Wooldridge (Chair)
Professor Frank Bowden (Chair of the HIV/AIDS & STI Subcommittee)
Professor Bob Batey, AM (Chair of the Hepatitis C Subcommittee)
Associate Professor Cindy Shannon (Chair of the IASHC)
Ms Angela Assaf
Mr Nicholas Hobson, DFC AFC
Emeritus Professor Peter McDonald AM
Major Brian Watters, AO

HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmissible Infections Subcommittee
Professor Frank Bowden (Chair)
Professor Christopher Fairley
Associate Professor Andrew Grulich
Don Baxter
Father Michael Kelly, SJ
Professor Sharon Lewin
Mr David Menadue, AO
Professor Marion Pitts
Mr Peter Treseder AM
Dr Clare Willington

Hepatitis C Subcommittee
Professor Bob Batey, AM (Chair)
Dr Darrell Crawford
Dr Greg Dore
Ms Julie Flynn
Professor Sue Kippax
Associate Professor Stephen Locharnini
Ms Annie Madden
Father Peter Norden, SJ
Mr Jack Wallace
Mrs Judith Wheeldon

Indigenous Australians’ Sexual Health Committee (IASHC)
Associate Professor Cindy Shannon (Chair)
Pastor Paul Albrecht, AM
Mr Michael Doyle
Ms Tanya Hosch
Professor John Kaldor
Dr Janet Knox
Ms Patricia Nona
Mr Mark Saunders
Dr Jon Willis