Our work aligns with the World Health Organisation’s global hepatitis strategy.
To eliminate Hep C in Aotearoa New Zealand we need to:
Hep C Action Aotearoa promotes the use of the butterfly symbol to bring coherence to awareness raising both nationally and globally. We expect it will become recognised and used widely across health and community sectors, as a free and effective brand to add to campaigns. It has been widely endorsed and is in use in a variety of campaigns, conferences and events throughout the world.
The butterfly works in the fight against stigma by attracting attention, starting conversations, symbolising the transformation towards good health and a fresh start.
The butterfly is intended for global use by anyone working in the broad field of hepatitis C elimination. There is no cost to use the symbol and the copyright has been assigned to the public domain. PLEASE USE IT- HELP YOURSELF! It can be hosted on any website.
The symbol itself came from the imagination of Native American artist Marty2Bulls Snr, commissioned from a concept by Dr. James Freeman.
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Encourage people to Get Tested, Get Treated and Get Cured!
Confront the stigma and use this positive symbol
I am a human rights lawyer from New Zealand, recently admitted to the bar. It took me until my fifties to achieve this because I lived my whole adult life under the fog of hepatitis C (hep C).
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