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  • 2022 Advocacy Year in Review

    … global advocacy. Our ongoing advocacy efforts in the U. S. include calling on Optum to restore the hepatitis B treatment Vemlidy back to their health insurance formulary. Globally we continue to put pressure on Gavi to move forward with implementation of hepatitis B birth dose in member countries, urging members of Congress and President Biden to help end hepatitis B discrimination in the U.S. military, recognizing National African Immigrant and Refugee HIV and Hepatitis Awareness (NAIRHHA) Day in the U.S., advocating for universal adult hepatitis B screening, and increasing funding for hepatitis B and liver cancer.    Updated U.S. Public Health Service Corps Medical Standards   The U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) Commissioned Corps announced in December that it is updating its medical standards to accept future applicants living with chronic hepatitis B and HIV. Previously, HIV and hepatitis B infection were both considered disqualifying medical conditions. The Hepatitis B Foundation became aware of this issue in late 2020, when an individual with hepatitis B applied to serve but was denied due to their hepatitis B infection. Working alongside partners, we successfully advocated for a change in this policy by meeting with senior administration official and Congressional champions, and getting language included in the FY 2022 House Labor-HHS Appropriations report urging the USPHS to allow officers with hepatitis B to serve in the Commissioned Corps.      Check out the report to learn more!   https://www.hepbunited.org/assets/Advocacy/5d40b3bcc9/2022-HBU-Year-in-Review-Final.pdf     From all of us at the Hepatitis B Foundation and Hep B United, THANK YOU for your continued support and dedication to advocating for hepatitis B awareness, prevention, treatment, and research and combatting stigma and discrimination. We are so proud of what the hepatitis B advocacy community achieved this year, and we look forward to continuing to work together to build on

    http://www.hepb.org/blog/2022-advocacy-year-review/
  • Join us for a Twitter Chat for Liver Cancer Awareness Month!

    … cancer? Co-hosts and featured partners of the chat include: Hepatitis B Foundation - @hepbfoundation NASTAD - @NASTAD CDC Division of Viral Hepatitis - @cdchep Prevent Cancer Foundation - @preventcancer Hep B United Philadelphia - @hepbunitedphila Iowa Harm Reduction Coalition - @IAHarmReduction CDCNPIN will be moderating the chat - @cdcnpin Confirmed participants and their handles include: Hep B United  – @hepbunited Coalition Against Hepatitis For People of African Origin – @CHIPO_HBV Liver Cancer Connect - @livercancerconn CDC’s Division of Cancer Prevention and Control - @CDC_Cancer Hep Free Hawaii - @HepFreeHawaii HBI-DC - @HBIDC HepFreeNYC - @hepfreenyc NAIRHHA Day - @NAIRHHADAY Minnesota Department of Health - @mnhealth Philly Hep C Coalition - @hep_CAP Just getting started with Twitter? Do you wish to join the conversation but you don’t know how?  Type #Liverchat in the search box of the Twitter application to follow the chat, and click on "Latest".   You can prepare your tweets in response to the topics listed above in advance, or you can also tweet on the fly, re-tweet, or Like a tweet during the chat. The questions are labeled Q1, Q2, etc. so please respond/answer specific question by using A1, A2, etc. in front of your tweets. Remember to include the #Liverchat hashtag, which is not case sensitive, in all of your tweets. If you plan to participate, please contact us at info@hepb.org and we'll add you to the list of confirmed participants. Let us know if you have any other questions about joining the chat. We’re here to help!      

    http://www.hepb.org/blog/thinkaboutthelink-hepatitis-liver-cancer-join-us-twitter-chat/
  • National African Immigrant and Refugee HIV & Hepatitis Awareness Day 2018

    The Hepatitis B Foundation (HBF) is joining the Africans for Improved Access (AFIA) program at the Multicultural Aids Coalition (MAC), the Coalition Against Hepatitis for People of African Origin (CHIPO), the New England AIDS Education and Training Center (NEAETC), and the Harvard University Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) in continuing the national fight for federal recognition of National African Immigrant and Refugee HIV and Hepatitis Awareness Day (NAIRAHHA). Founded during one of the African National HIV Alliance’s (ANHA) strategic planning summits, NAIRAHHA Day has been observed annually on September 9th by healthcare professionals, awareness campaigns, and other organizations since 2014. This year,  NAIRHHA Day commemoration began on September 1st. Quotes collected from #justB storytellers, healthcare providers, and health educators are currently being circulated across social media accounts to start a virtual conversation. The hashtags #StigmaCantWin and #NAIRHHADay2018 are being used to organize the discussion and raise awareness on Twitter. The quotes are centered upon addressing stigma and myths surrounding HIV and hepatitis in African immigrant communities. Some quotes remind viewers that despite how it may feel, many reliable HIV and hepatitis B resources are present around the country. Other quotes - like this one from #justB storyteller Bright - offer words of encouragement and support to those who may feel alone. A comprehensive webinar, titled Stigma Can’t Win: HIV and Hep B Among African Immigrants, will take place on Wednesday, Sept. 20 from 3 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.  and will complete the commemoration of NAIRHHA Day 2018. You can register for the webinar here. In addition to stigma’s impact on access to care and screening for HIV and hepatitis, viewers will learn about the root causes of these particular stigmas and how prevention-related stigma differs from the stigma of living with a certain disease. These topics are essential to the

    http://www.hepb.org/blog/national-african-immigrant-refugee-hiv-hepatitis-awareness-day-2018/
  • Join a Twitter Chat: National Organizations Share Highlights From Hepatitis Awareness Month and Strategies for Successful Events

    … chat include: Hepatitis B Foundation - @HepBFoundation Hep Free NYC - @HepFreeNYC National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS, Inc. (NBLCA) - @NBLCA Hep B United Philadelphia - @HepBunitedPhila Hep Free Hawaii - @HepFreeHawaii Confirmed Participants: Hepatitis B Initiative of Washington, D.C. - (HBI-DC) - @HBIDC End Hep C SF - @EndHepCSF Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO) - @HepBPolicy @AAPCHOtweets National Association of County and Health Officials (NACCHO) - @NACCHOalerts Hep CAP/Philly Hepatitis -  @PhillyHepatitis HOPE Clinic - @AAHC_HOPEClinic National African Immigrant and Refugee HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis Awareness Day -  @NAIRHHADay Community Access National Network - @TIICANN HepVu - @HepVu Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) - @ASTHO Project Inform - @ProjectInform Asociación de Pacientes y afectados de Hepatitis (APAHE) - @PHAHEuruguay Asian Health Coalition - @AAPInews Minnesota Department of Health - @MNhealth National Native American AIDS Prevention Center (NNAAPC) - @NNAAPC We’d love to add you or your organization to our list of confirmed participants. Email Maureen at maureen.kamischke@hepb.org or direct message @hepbfoundation on Twitter to add your organization, though confirmation is not necessary to participate. Are you just getting started with Twitter and want to know how to join the conversation?  Type #HepChat in the search box of the Twitter application and click on the “latest option” to follow the twitter view.                 You can prepare any questions or tweets you might have for the above topics in advance, or you can also tweet on the fly, re-tweet, or Like a tweet from the chat. The topics are labeled T1, T2, etc. so please respond/answer a specific topic by using A1, A2, etc. in front of your tweets. Remember to include the #HepChat hashtag, which is not case sensitive, in all of your tweets.

    http://www.hepb.org/blog/join-twitter-chat-national-organizations-share-highlights-hepatitis-awareness-month-strategies-successful-events/
  • Advocates Raise Awareness About African Immigrants' High Risk of Hepatitis B

    … she said. That lack of screening and treatment continues to haunt AAPI communities. Vietnamese-American men whose infections were not diagnosed until it was too late make up a large percentage of people with liver cancer in the U.S. Courtesy of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “It’s particularly troubling as we have a highly effective vaccine to prevent hepatitis B and highly effective treatments to decrease the risk of liver cancer and liver disease progression,” Perumalswami commented. In an effort to raise awareness about hepatitis B and C and HIV in the African immigrant community, a coalition of organizations, including the Hepatitis B Foundation and Hep B United, and local and national groups are supporting National African Immigrant and Refugee HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis Awareness Day (NAIRHAA Day) on Sept. 9. A Twitter chat exploring ways to raise awareness among African immigrants in the U.S. is scheduled for 2 p.m. (EST) Tuesday, Sept. 13. Use hashtag  #AIHHchat For more information about NAIRHAA, including webinar training for healthcare providers and public health officials, please explore the following: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NAIRHHA Twitter: @NAIRHHADay Thunderclap: http://thndr.it/1IQC4TB Webinar training on Improving Hepatitis B Screening and Care Among African Immigrants (June 2016): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixyelHdVPh4 Webinar 1 (Epidemiology)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWYGgyNSIK8 Webinar 2 (HIV)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0LOybRvjNw Webinar 3 (Hepatitis B) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g47Dm3rV4-Y For more information, contact Siede Slopadoe, lead organizer for NAIRHAA Day, at sslopadoe@mac-boston.org

    http://www.hepb.org/blog/advocates-raise-awareness-african-immigrants-high-risk-hepatitis-b/