NWMPHN and VHHITAL developed this toolkit to assist primary health networks (PHNs) to support general practice in a structured and facilitated QI project on hepatitis C screening and treatment for at-risk patients.
It is a guide to the steps required to support general practices to participate in the project, and is based on previous hepatitis C QI projects implemented by NWMPHN in 2019-2020 and SEMPHN in 2021-2022.
It can be used wholly or in part, or modified, to develop a program that suits each PHN’s broader organisational goals and objectives. It can be customised and localised to meet the needs of targeted priority populations, such as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people or culturally and linguistically diverse groups.
Note: NWMPHN concluded its leadership of the VHHITAL program on 30 June 2025.
The new provider of blood borne virus and sexually transmissible infections (BBV/STI) workforce development for health professionals in Victoria is a consortium led by the Australasian Society for HIV Medicine (ASHM), the national peak organisation.
The consortium includes the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity and Alfred Health, including the Melbourne Sexual Health Centre and the Victorian HIV Service.
For details please contact Natalie Martyn natalie.martyn@ashm.org.au or visit www.ashm.org.au
