Hepatology

Pharmacy was smack in the middle of the relaunch of the ‘Stick it to hep C’ campaign in July. In a world-first, pharmacists will be able to prescribe the cure-all treatment for the disease, which could help the estimated 20,000 New Zealanders living with hepatitis C. Paulette Crowley spoke with the experts hoping to drive hep C out of town, for good

The reclassification of Maviret means that specially trained pharmacists and nurses can now prescribe the medicine for patients with hepatitis C – a world first

The National Hepatitis C Awareness Campaign announced today will also see the expansion of more pharmacies getting involved in the test-and-treat programme which has been running in 64 pharmacies over the past 12 months 

It is too early to know how many patients have undergone potentially life-saving hepatitis C tests in pharmacies under the new Hepatitis C Pharmacy Test and Treat programme but at least one pharmacist is excited to be involved

The National Hepatitis C Action Plan, which reveals how New Zealand will eliminate hepatitis C as a major public health threat by 2030, was officially launched today at Anglesea Pharmacy in Hamilton, on World Hepatitis Day

Screening for hepatitis C needs to be rolled out in pharmacy and needle exchange programmes if New Zealand wants to eliminate the life-threatening disease, says Ed Gane, a liver specialist and co-author of a study published in the New Zealand Medical Journal

The Ministry of Health has congratulated New Zealand’s first ever Hepatitis Elimination Champion.

A Christchurch general practice would like to treat more hepati­tis C patients, but it can’t afford to and is referring many of them to hospital

An innovative and potentially life-saving hepatitis C screening programme began yesterday as a trial at seven Auckland pharmacies.

More people could be cured of hepatitis C with better support for general practice and greater cohesion in the health system, says gastroenterologist Alex Lampen-Smith