9th Australasian Viral Hepatitis Conference
 

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE


The Australasian Viral Hepatitis Conference 2014 will be held from Wednesday 17 - Friday 19 September 2014.
The Australasian Viral Hepatitis Conference is the leading multidisciplinary Viral Hepatitis conference in Australasia. The conference is held biennially and was first held in Sydney in 1997 and then subsequently in Christchurch (NZ) in 1999, Melbourne in 2002, Canberra in 2004 (back-to-back with the ASHM Conference), Sydney in 2006, Brisbane in 2008 (back-to back with the Australian Gastroenterology Week), Melbourne in 2010 and most recently in Auckland 2012.

The Australasian Viral Hepatitis Conference currently attracts delegates including Viral Hepatitis Specialists, Gastroenterologists, Physicians, General Practitioners, Nurses, Social Workers, Community Workers, Educators, Pharmaceutical Company Representatives, Basic Scientists, Infectious Disease Specialists, Researchers, National/State & Territory Government Agency Personnel, Non-Government Organisations Personnel, Regional/Area Health Authority Personnel, People Living with Viral Hepatitis. 

Conference artwork created by Ms Rosalie (Kumalie) Riley

"Hepatitis is big business and sickness, lets get it fixed"

Artwork Interpretation: There is a young man in the centre with too many partners from different communities and he needs to feel responsible and man enough to go and get himself checked out. The community clinics are signified by the circles with people sitting around (health workers).

For more information about the artist please click here.