He wrote recently:
"I want to get things started asap, particularly within D9800 and the other Victorian Districts and need help from those of you who know how things work!
We have yet to define clearly with Hep Vic how things will work, but they have a lot of communications materials (see their website) and experience with delivering them. They also have a Speakers Bureau, which will be the source of most of the speakers we get for our 30+ presentations to Rotary Clubs in Victoria.
Hep Vic are willing to co-brand their publicity materials as appropriate so we may not need need to re-invent too many wheels?"
Contact Peter Clark: pdclark@optusnet.com.au for more information and your willingness to make this an outstanding project to successfully help in the public's understanding and eradication of Hepatitis.
Note: The word “hepatitis” means inflammation of the liver, which is the body’s normal response to infection and toxic stimuli.
Viral hepatitis is the most common form of liver inflammation. It can be caused by any of the hepatitis viruses identified as A, B C, D and E, which are covered in some detail in the following pages.
Hep B and C facts and stats:
Almost 500,000 people in Australia, or 2% of the population, live with chronic viral hepatitis (hepatitis B and C). This is over 17 times the number of people living with HIV/AIDS and more than double the number of people living with epilepsy. 15,000 Australians are diagnosed with viral hepatitis each year - around the same number diagnosed with breast cancer.
Nearly 1000 Australians die each year from hepatitis B and C. Four Victorians die every week as a consequence of viral hepatitis. Liver cancer largely caused by chronic viral hepatitis infection is the fastest increasing cause of cancer death in Australia.
