23 July 2018 - Hepatitis C patient Jo Sloan was cured of the infectious disease, but her husband Les died in May 2015 of cancer complications linked to the condition.

Now Mrs Sloan, of Salisbury, is supporting a push by Hepatitis Australia to ensure people with the disease know it can be cured by drugs listed for subsidy on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. Breakthrough antiviral therapy to cure the disease has seen around 60,000 Australians cured since the medicines were first listed on the PBS in 2016.

However, analysis released by Hepatitis Australia shows the take-up of the treatment has slumped and there are an estimated 170,000 Australians still living with the virus.

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