Natasha Boddy
Canberra Times reporter
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The organisation's chief executive Helen Tyrrell said hepatitis C had been neglected as an epidemic in Australia.
"It's really in the shadows of many other blood-borne viruses which actually have a lower prevalence but much higher profile in the community," she said.
"The issue with hep C at the moment is that we're really at a watershed moment where we've got 250,000 people in Australia living with hepatitis and about three-quarters of those are already over the age of 40 and we know that puts them into the 'liver danger zone' which means they are at the point where their risk of serious liver disease is significantly increased."
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