Tairāwhiti partners lead way towards lifting heavy shadow of hepatitis C

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Tairāwhiti partners lead way towards lifting heavy shadow of hepatitis C

The mobile fibroscan team visits Te Puia Springs Hospital
Mobile fibroscan team, Te Puia Hospital. Ngati Porou Hauora GP Snezana Dordjevic and practice nurse Lisa Porter, Midlands hep C community nurse Nancy Carey, Healthshare hep C project manager Jo de Lisle & Ngati Porou Hauora GP Helen Gardyn

From the DHB chief executive to frontline GPs, nurses and pharmacists, Tairāwhiti health providers are pursuing a joint goal – to become the first region in New Zealand to eradicate hepatitis C from their community. Cliff Taylor reports

Taking point of care test­ing to gang members in Salvation Army halls and mobile fibroscans to isolated communities on the East Coast is helping confr, East Coast, Te Araroa, Te Araroa, East Coast