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| National Academies Hepatitis B & C Elimination Final Report |
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) will release a Phase Two report on the elimination of hepatitis B and C as a public health concern in the US.
NASEM released Eliminating the Public Health Problem of Hepatitis B and C in the United States: Phase One Report in 2016, where significant challenges were highlighted. An expert panel also found that it is feasible to eliminate hepatitis B and C as a US public health problem.
Please
join NASEM in the conversation with #HepatitisElimination
,
spread the word on social media
, and for the release event on
Tuesday, March 28
at
11:00 EST.
Register for the release event
here
. For more information, visit the NASEM
website.
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National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable (NVHR) and
Hep B United will be hosting a webinar
discussing the Phase Two Report from NASEM and recommendations. Dr. Brian Strom, Chair of the Committee on a National Strategy for the Elimination of Hepatitis B and C will present the Committee's recommendations.
The webinar will be held on
Monday, April 10th
at
2:00 PM EDT
.
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| Webinar: Hepatitis Delta: The Hidden Epidemic |
The Hepatitis B Foundation is hosting a webinar titled "Hepatitis Delta: The Hidden Epidemic." The webin
ar will be held on
Wednesday, April 12
at
3:00 EDT
.
Fifteen to twenty million people living with hepatitis B are also infected with the most severe form of viral hepatitis, hepatitis D. Join the Hepatitis B Foundation, Hep B United and Hepatitis Delta Connect as Dr. Robert Gish, Medical Director of the Hepatitis B Foundation, provides a historical and epidemiological overview of this complicated and largely unstudied virus.
The webinar will focus on hepatitis B global epidemiology, as well as hepatitis D testing, management and treatment. This interactive session will discuss how we can work together to improve awareness and testing for HBV co-infection, and the goals of Hepatitis B Foundation's Hepatitis Delta Connect program.
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Be sure to register early, space is limited. A confirmation email with information on how to join the webinar will be sent to you after you register.
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| Webinar: Increasing Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders in Public Health and Biomedical Research |
To celebrate National Minority Health Month and National Public Health Week, the Asian & Pacific Islander Caucus for Public Health (APIC) is hosting a "Increasing Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in Public Health and Biomedical Research" webinar on Thursday, April 13 on at 3:00 PM EDT.
APIC will hold a discussion on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (AA and ANHPIs) in the research workforce. Topics will include efforts to promote inclusion and equity, diversify the public health and biomedical research workforce, and AA and NHPI health-focused research.
Moderator:
Tung Nguyen, MD, Stephen J. McPhee, Md, Endowed Chair in General Internal Medicine and Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
Speakers:
Howard Koh, MD, MPH, Harvey F. Fineberg Professor of the Practice of Public Health Leadership, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Harvard Kennedy School
Hannah Valantine, MD, MRCP, FACC, Chief Officer for Scientific Workforce Diversity, National Institutes of Health
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Be sure to register and join early, space is limited. A confirmation message with information on how to join the webinar will be sent to you after you register.
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| Webinar: Quantitative HBsAg and Its Role in Chronic Hepatitis B Patient Management |
Robert Gish, MD is holding a live education webinar on
Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at
12:00 PM EST
. He will explain how to determine HBV disease phase with HBsAg Quantitative test, as well as treatment management for hep B positive patients. He will also discuss how the HBsAg Quantitative
test can be used to predict clinical outcomes for chronic hep B with HBV DNA. Dr. Gish will end with describing the uses of HBsAg Quantitative test for clinical trials for new hep B drugs.
View the invitation
here and register
here.
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Do you want to teach hep B in a fun and interactive way? Check out this game that teaches hep B information in a fun Q&A format.
For instructions on the Wheel of Health, click here or here for more Know Hepatitis B campaign. |
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Hep B United Coalition Partners Across the Country
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Hep B United Partners
Community Partners: Asian American Health Coalition (HOPE Clinic). Asian American Health Initiative. Asian Health Coalition. Asian Pacific Health Foundation. Asian Pacific Community in Action. Asian Services in Action Inc. Center for Pan Asian Community Services(CPACS). Charles B Wang Community Health Center. Chinese American Medical Society - Greater Boston Chapter. CCACC Pan Asian Volunteer Health Clinic. Dallas Fort Worth Hepatitis B Free Project. Hep B Free Las Vegas. Hep B Free Los Angeles. Hep B Project. Hep B United Philadelphia. Hep B United Twin Cities. Hep Free Hawaii. Hepatitis B Coalition of WA. Hepatitis B Initiatives of Washington, DC. Hepatitis Education Project. Midwest Asian Health Association. New Jersey Hepatitis B Coalition. North East Medical Services. NYC Hepatitis B Coalition. NYU Center for the Study of Asian American Health (CSAAH).
Ohio Asian American Health Coalition. Project Prevention. SF Hep B Free. Mercy Housing and Human Development.
National Non-Profit Partners: Hepatitis B Foundation. Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO). Asian American Network for Cancer Awareness. Research and Training (AANCART). National Task Force on Hepatitis B. National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable. Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum. Immunization Action Coalition.
Federal Partners: US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Viral Hepatitis, HHS. HHS Office of Minority Health. White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
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