HCV News Archive
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NZ HCV Stock take
Referral, Assessment Treatment, Statistics,Waiting times in New Zealand
Appendix 1 Hepatitis Plan
Official Information Act request
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World Hepatitis Day (WHD) on Tuesday 19 May will help raise awareness of these diseases among the New Zealand public and politicians and stimulate increased efforts to prevent, or diagnose and treat the diseases.
Media release from the Hepatitis Foundation
Christchurch Hepatitis C Community Clinic from Hepatitis C Resource Centre magazine Connexions, an interview with Jenny Bourke nurse for the free Christchurch Hepatitis C Community Clinic.
LARGE SCALE AUSTRALIAN HEPATITIS C STUDY SHOWS NEED TO TREAT SOONER Genotype 1 up to %70 success from early treatment
April 21 2009
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Pharmac New Zealand Access widened to pegylated interferon for hepatitis B and
hepatitis C genotypes 2 and 3March 9 2009
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Alcohol use and Hepatitis C
Everyday resistances: Safe to drink? Alcohol use and hepatitis C. Magdalena Harris 6th Australasian Viral Hepatitis Conference \ Brisbane Oct 2008
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Chrsitchurch Community Hepatitis C Clinic
Bill Jang Editorial about new clinic from Connexions Christchurch Hepatitis C Resource Centre magazine........................................................................................................................................
Hepatitis C In Christchurch NZ
Mr Murray Dickson Christchurch DHB answers questions about Hepatitis C in Christchurch.......................................
New Directions in Hepatitis C Therapy: New Treatment, overview of new drugs, future treatments for Hepatitis C
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Hepatitis C In Dunedin Otago NZ
Mr Brian Rousseau Chief executive Officer Otago District Health Board answers questions about Hepatitis C in Otago..................................................
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The 6th Australasian Viral Hepatitis Conference peer highlights and comments : Brisbane October 2008
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Caring Ambassadors Hepatitis C Choices, 4th Edition
just released ,Provide information about hepatitis C to help you make decisions about your treatment and lifestyle, provide a balanced view of the currently available treatment options for western medicine and complimentary and alternative medicine (CAM) available as down loadable pdf here 1/1/09
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My Hepatitis C is like chess, I will learn to play it one day : Biographical disruption and chronic illness
Magdalena Harris, 2008
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Living with Hepatitis C in New Zealand Magdalena Harris, , Auckland University thesis, on experience of infected individuals:, social supports and perceived barriers towards treatment. Voice of illness rather than the medical discourse of disease In New Zealand.
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Treatment rationing Canada similar situation to NZ!
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Hepatitis C in New Zealand the falling number of patients treated the numbers waiting, the numbers treated, by region 2007. Decreasing numbers treated for hepatitis c 2005 - 2006 - 2007 ...
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Roche announced today that the European Commission has approved a shortened, 16-week course of treatment with Pegasys (peginterferon alfa-2a (40 KD)) plus Copegus (ribavirin) for geno 2 and 3 hepatitis C patients.
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Scottish Drugs Forum (SDF) peer-led evaluation of the experience of people with HCV, Hepatitis C as they progressed from initial diagnosis to engagement with clinical services..
New Zealand a breakdown of the numbers of hepatitis C patients by district health boards in the last financial year (2007) Thanks to Hon David Cunliffe Minister of Health for these numbers.
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Review of Hepatitis C Treatment and Care Services recommendations for models and arrangements that would support the NSW health system to meet future demand for hepatitis C treatment and care services 127-page PDF [NSW Health, Australia]
People at risk of hepatitis urged to get tested Ministry of Health urges you to get tested, estimated that between 45,000 and 50,000 people in New Zealand have been infected with hepatitis C, with around 25 new infections every week.
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(MitoQ) Update May Reduce Liver Necroinflammation in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C, The trial, conducted by Dr. Edward Gane, Associate Professor of Medicine, New Zealand Liver Transplant Unit at Auckland City Hospital, successfully met the primary clinical endpoint, the reduction of elevated liver enzymes. .
(offsite link to) readmore
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Hepatitis C: The juggernaut rolls on unchecked problems facing Canada are very similar to the problems facing New Zealand, Increase in those infected each year greater than those treated, Not enough resources available to treat a growing pool of the infected,
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INTERNATIONAL attention will soon focus on a promising new drug co-invented by University of Otago Prof Robin Smith, with results of a clinical trial involving hepatitis C patients
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New Zealand Society of Gastroenterology, Hepatitis C , Shared Care, specific areas of concern, including the lack of resource to staff hepatitis clinics.
read more at New Zealand Society of Gastroenterology website about HCV in New Zealand
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Shared Care , Even though you may be on a first name basis with your general practitioner, research from Germany proves that your chances for successfully eliminating the Hepatitis C virus are greater when treated by a hepatologist.
off site link to Hepatitis Central . com article
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Pharmac,medicine rationing decisions in New Zealand are more about money than clinical effectiveness Court Case.. " myriad of people with diseases and conditions who are denied the medicines they would get as a matter of course if they lived in another developed country, like Australia." RMI chairwoman Pippa MacKay
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Victims infected with hepatitis C in the bad blood scandal of the 1990s are facing a fresh battle against their lawyers. The lawyers are claiming thousands of dollars in legal costs from compensation awarded by the state.
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Even though there are more reasons than ever for those with chronic Hepatitis C to have a daily glass of grapefruit juice, there is a catch. Unfortunately, there is a long list of medications that can be dangerous when combined with this fruit.
off site link to Hepatitis Central . com article
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A New Study suggests Hepatitis C infection may be blocked by grapefruit compound, Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Engineering in Medicine
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Ed Gane associate professor in medicine hepatologist Auckland University On HCV in New Zealand and shared care
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Ministry of Health Media Release 27 April 2007 First One-off Payments Offered The first one-off payments have been offered to people infected with hepatitis C through the New Zealand blood supply as part of a $30 million package announced by Health Minister Pete Hodgson late last year.............................................
New Zealand Govt way forward on hep C blood products infections............................................
PHARMACOLOGY AND THERAPEUTICS ADVISORY COMMITTEE (PTAC) PHARMAC
Pegylated interferon with ribavirin for HCV genotypes 2 & 3 without cirrhosisincludes detail on number of people treated per year for HCV in New Zealand
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Christchurch School of Medicine, cost-effective to treat Hepatitis C virus.
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400 million dollars health costs Christchurch School of Medicine, cost-effective to treat Hepatitis C virus.
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Almost all the people interviewed in the study reported at least one, and often multiple, negative encounters with doctors, nurses and dentists, according to Ms Harris. "Common were experiences of discrimination, ignorance and manipulation in their interactions," Magdalena Harris of the Auckland University's Department of Sociology
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