Doherty-Burnet World Hepatitis Day 2024
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The Doherty Institute, the Burnet Institute, Hepatitis B Voices Australia and LiverWELL, would like to invite you to Doherty-Burnet World Hepatitis Day 2024, on Thursday July 25th.
This event, held in-person at the Doherty Institute Auditorium, will explore current developments in community health action for hepatitis B and C within Victoria, including presentations from our local public health units, updates on public health and implementation programs, and a panel discussion from the perspective of those with lived experience of hepatitis.
The event will be followed by a networking function.
Date: Thursday July 25th
Time: 1:30pm – 5pm
Location: Doherty Institute Auditorium – Ground Floor, 792 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne
We encourage you to share this invitation amongst your teams and networks!
Below is the organised program, however please note that this is subject to change.
| 1:30pm | Welcome and Acknowledgement Prof. Peter Revill |
| 1:35pm | Lived experience - setting the scene |
| 1:45pm | National Strategy and Roundtable report back |
| 2:00pm | Hepatitis B Moderator TBC · GP Toolkit for Hepatitis B – online resource launch Speakers: ASHM and Doherty · Insights into diversity: using linked data to track progress towards targets in Victoria Speaker: Jennifer MacLachlan, WHO Collaborating Centre for Viral Hepatitis · HBV HCC Clinic Speaker: Brad Whitton, Nurse Practitioner Candidate at St Vincent’s Hospital |
| 2:45pm | Hepatitis C Moderated by Dr. Jacqui Richmond · Every Yarn Counts, Live Free From Hep C: a co-designed hepatitis C health promotion campaign for the Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Sector Speakers: Digby Mercer, Research Assistant, EC Australia, Burnet Institute, Shai Austin, Project Support Officer, Health Promotion, VACCHO and Daisy Gibbs, Evaluation Officer, EC Australia, Burnet Institute · Title: ‘C No More’ - implementation perspectives from a peer-nurse model in community corrections Speakers: Bridget Reid, Clinical Nurse Consultant, St Vincent’s Hospital Mark Belzer and Amanda Callus, Peer workers, Harm Reduction Victoria |
| 3:30pm | Break |
| 3:45pm | Victorian Local Public Health Units – Community linkage to care for Hepatitis B and C Moderated by Prof. Ben Cowie Updates from: · Goulburn Valley PHU Speakers: Dr. Vinay Menon and Suzanne Wallis · South Eastern PHU Speakers: Dr. Anna Pierce and Dr. Edura Jalil |
| 4:15pm | Panel – Reactions and further discussion on presentations from community/lived experience perspective Moderated by Dr. Margaret Littlejohn |
| 4:55pm | Thank you, close |
| 5:00pm | Networking with light refreshments |
Registrations are available here, and are limited.