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. Ngati Porou Hauora GP Snezana Dordjevic, Ngati Porou Hauora practice nurse Lisa Porter, Midland region hepatitis C community nurse Nancy Carey, Healthshare hep C project manager Jo de Lisle and Ngati Porou Hauora GP Helen Gardyne
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