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Books & reports
These books and reports contain detailed information about heps B and C. They include healthcare worker guidelines, governmental and parliamentary reports, strategic plans and general texts. Also included is a supplement that was included in the medical journal, Australian Family Physician. For research documents, see our Key Research Reports page.
Some of these resources may be considered out of date but have been included because of their historic value (for further historic overview, also see our Timeline Posters).
| 2010 | Legislative barriers to NSP - 1MB PDF Legislative and Policy Barriers to Needle & Syringe Programs and Injecting Equipment Access for People Who Inject Drugs. The Australian Injecting & Illicit Drug Users League (AIVL) has developed this position paper with a view to providing a national overview of the legislative and policy barriers which currently restrict access to NSPs and new injecting equipment for people who inject drugs. |
| 2010 | National Hep C Strategy - 110KB PDF Third National Hepatitis C Strategy 2010-2013. This is the third national hep C strategy to be adopted in Australia. It builds on two previous strategies which guided Australia’s response to hep C between 1999 and 2008. Developed by the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing. |
| 2010 | National Hep B Strategy - 80KB PDF National Hepatitis B Strategy 2010-2013. This is the first hep B strategy to be adopted in Australia. Developed by the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing. |
| 2010 | National Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Blood Borne Virus Strategy - 150KB PDF Third National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Blood Borne Viruses and Sexually Transmissible Infections Strategy 2010–2013. The third National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Strategy dealing with blood borne viruses and sexually transmissible infections (STIs) to be adopted in Australia. |
| 2010 | USA Hepatitis B and C National Strategy - 1MB PDF Hepatitis and Liver Cancer: A national strategy for prevention and control of hepatitis B and C. A US national strategy developed by the Committee on the Prevention and Control of Viral Hepatitis Infections, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. |
| 2008 | Guidelines for hep C prevention, treatment and care in Australian prisons - 300KB PDF Hepatitis C Prevention, Treatment and Care: Guidelines for Australian 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. |
| 2008 | Guidelines for hep C prevention, treatment and care in Australian prisons (the evidence base) - 300KB PDF Hepatitis C Prevention, Treatment and Care: Guidelines for Australian Custodial Settings: Evidence base for the guidelines. This document explains the evidence base for the guidelines for the prevention, treatment and care of hepatitis C in custodial settings. It has been developed, at the same time as the guidelines, by the Prisons Working Group of the Hepatitis C Subcommittee of the Ministerial Advisory Committee on AIDS, Sexual Health and Hepatitis. |
| 2008 | National Hepatitis C Resource Manual (A) - 3MB PDF National Hepatitis C Resource Manual (B) - 3MB PDF A resource manual developed by the Commonwealth Department of Health & Ageing. It provides concise standardised information and aims to support and assit healthcare workers. |
| 2008 | ASHM Directory of Hepatitis Services - HTML link ASHM Directory: HIV, hepatitis and related services 2007-2008. Published by the Australasian Society for HIV Medicine, this national directory provides contact details for hepatitis Councils, services for people living with hepatitis C and hepatitis treatment services. |
| 2007 | Australian Doctor prisons article - 1MB PDF Prison Health Special Report: Inside Out. An Australian Doctor magazine feature section printed as part of their 27 July 2007 edition. By Paul Smith, Australian Doctor Chief Political Correspondent. |
| 2007 | NSW Hepatitis C Strategy Aboriginal Implementation Plan - 300KB PDF NSW HIV/AIDS, Sexually Transmissible Infections and Hepatitis C Strategies: Implementation Plan for Aboriginal People. A strategic planning document published by the NSW Department of Health. It aims to support Area Health Services in their implementation of the HIV/AIDS, Sexually Transmissible Infections and Hepatitis C Strategies. |
| 2007 | NSW Hepatitis C Strategy - 130KB PDF NSW Hepatitis C Strategy 2007-2009. A strategic planning document published by the NSW Department of Health. It provides a statewide strategic framework for the prevention and management of hepatitis C. |
| 2007 | National Hepatitis C Testing Policy - 300KB PDF National Hepatitis C Testing Policy. Published by the Commonwealth Department of Health & Ageing Ministerial Advisory Committee on AIDS, Sexual Health and Hepatitis, and the Australian Population Health Development Principal Committee. This document provides policy on testing for hepatitis C, monitoring the clinical condition of people before, during and after treatment for hepatitis C and screening the blood supply. |
| 2006 | NSW NSP Guidelines - 380KB PDF Needle and Syringe Program: Policy and Guidelines for NSW. A document published by the NSW Department of Health that outlines the broad operational guidelines for Needle and Syringe Programs. It is intended as a framework within which Area Health Services can develop detailed operational planning appropriate to their own settings. |
| 2006 | Hepatitis B in Australia - 2MB PDF Hepatitis B in Australia: responding to a diverse epidemic. Published by ACT-HBV, this report was authored by Greg Dore, Jack Wallace and others. This document aims to raise public awareness of hepatitis B, develop advocacy for a national strategy and provide a platform for developing a concerted public health approach to hepatitis B. |
| 2006 | HIV / Viral Hepatitis Coinfection - 680KB PDF Coinfection HIV and Viral Hepatitis: a guide for clinical management. This resource is published by Australasian Society for HIV Medicine and funded by the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing. It is edited by Greg Dore and Joe Sasadeusz. |
| 2005 | National Hepatitis C Strategy - 270KB PDF National Hepatitis C Strategy 2005-2008. A national strategic plan that aims to provide a strong yet flexible framework for responding to the challenges presented by Australia's hepatitis C epidemic. Published by the Commonwealth Department of Health & Ageing. |
| 2005 | Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander BBV Policy - 2MB PDF National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sexual Health and Blood Borne Virus Strategy 2005-2008. A national strategic plan published by the Commonwealth Department of Health & Ageing that aims to enhance the cooperative national approach that reduces transmission and morbidity caused by HIV/AIDS, sexually transmissible infections and bloodborne viruses in Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. |
| 2004 | Hepatitis Primary Care - 2MB PDF HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexually Transmissible Infections: a guide for primary care. This resource is published by Australasian Society for HIV Medicine and funded by the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing. It is edited by Greg Dore and others. It aims to provide general practitioners and other interested clinicians and healthcare workers with an introduction to HIV and viral hepatitis. |
| 2003 | Exposure to hepatitis in the workplace - 830KB PDF National Code of Practice for the Control of Work-related Exposure to Hepatitis and HIV (Blood-borne) Viruses: 2nd edition. Published by the National Occupational Health and Safety Commission. |
| 2003 | Australian Family Physician hepatitis C update - 1MB PDF Australian Family Physician supplement: Hepatitis C an update. National medical magazine feature section printed as part of their October 2003 edition (Vol 32, No 10). Introduced by Micheal Kidd, University of Sydney, published by the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. |
| 2002 | NSW Liver Transplant Plan - 370KB PDF Selected Specialty and Statewide Service Plans, Number 3: Liver Transplantation January 2002. Developed by NSW Health's Statewide Services Development Branch. |
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