Foundation guards ‘treasure’ trove of data in search for hepatitis B cure

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Foundation guards ‘treasure’ trove of data in search for hepatitis B cure

 The seaside town of Whakatāne is an unlikely home for a national health NGO
The seaside town of Whakatāne is an unlikely home for a national health NGO

Most high-profile national health organisations in this country are based near the decision-makers in Wellington, or in the economic hub of Auckland. But not the Hepatitis Foundation of New Zealand. Cliff Taylor travels to the Bay of Plenty to meet the team leading an ongoing battle against hepatitis

You need to have a strategic national approach and a political will for managing eradication of viral hepatitis I’m not sure what I expected the , Susan Hay inspects refrigerated blood samples, some dating back to a major Kawerau study in 1984, Susan Hay inspects refrigerated blood samples, some dating back to a major Kawerau study in 1984