Hepatitis Australia has used
World Hepatitis Day (July 28th)
to call for the Immunise Australia
Program to be extended to make
hepatitis B vaccination available
at no cost to adults who remain
vulnerable but unprotected against
a virus that is up to 100 times more
infectious than HIV.
Children are currently immunised
against hep-B, but not all adults,
with estimates that over 218,000
people are living with chronic
hepatitis B in Australia.The above article was sent to subscribers in Pharmacy Daily's issue from 30 Jul 13 To see the full newsletter, see the embedded issue below or CLICK HERE to download Pharmacy Daily from 30 Jul 13
DEMENTIA Australia has appointed comedian Geraldine Hickey (pictured) as its newest Ambassador, coinciding with the Melbourne Memory Walk & Jog event taking place this Sun.
NEW research from the Monash Addiction Research Centre has highlighted a critical shortfall in the availability of Naloxone, a life-saving medication that reverses opioid overdoses, across community pharmacies in Australia’s most populous states.
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