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Ethnic communities, stigmas targeted in hepatitis fight

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Health authorities suggest targeting diverse communities and eliminating any stigma around viral hepatitis could prove vital in making breakthroughs in treating it. Those living with the virus are over-represented in Australia's ethnic and Indigenous communities, making them a focus of efforts to help eradicate the disease. Image: Dr Benjamin Cowie with a Hepatitis B patient in 2013 (AAP)


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Health authorities suggest targeting diverse communities and eliminating any stigma around viral hepatitis could prove vital in making breakthroughs in treating it. Those living with the virus are over-represented in Australia's ethnic and Indigenous communities, making them a focus of efforts to help eradicate the disease. Image: Dr Benjamin Cowie with a Hepatitis B patient in 2013 (AAP)


 Image: Dr Benjamin Cowie with a Hepatitis B patient in 2013 (AAP)


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