Hepatitis B — Australia
The 2016 South Western Sydney Local Health District community profile estimates 17 000 people in southwestern Sydney live with hepatitis B and C. There are 98 hepatitis B notifications per 100 000 residents in Fairfield, compared with on average 31 per 100 000 across NSW.
If left unmanaged and untreated, chronic hepatitis B (and C) can cause progressive liver disease, cirrhosis and liver cancer. “Although there is no evidence indicating an epidemic in the Fairfield area, anyone who thinks
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