Prevalence of blood-borne viruses and hepatitis B vaccination status among haemodialysis patients in Central Australia

The Northern Territory has the highest prevalence of haemodialysis-dependent end-stage kidney disease in Australia at 2956 cases per million population compared with the Australian prevalence of 536 per million (ANZDATA. The 42nd Annual ANZDATA Report 2019). The Central Australian renal services' catchment area encompasses two-thirds of the Northern Territory with a land mass of 872,861 square kilometres and a population of 48,506 people (Department of Health, Northern Territory 2022).