What's New

2009 API Hepatitis B Forum

Many thanks to those who attended and participated in the 2009 Annual API Hepatitis B Forum.  It was an opportunity for new and current partners to renew or connect, and for the Coalition to receive feedback about its strategic plan.  To read more, click here.

Goals and Strategies to Address Chronic Hepatitis B report now available

The Office of Minority Health, the CDC, and national partners, including the HBCW, have released this report laying out a national action agenda to eliminate hepatitis B in the Asian American/Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander communities.  Key elements include increasing national awareness of the disproportionate impact, engaging stakeholders, and expanding the infrastructure needed to reduce the risk of chronic hepatitis B infection and its long-term complications.  Click here for mo

API and Hepatitis B Months Proclamations

May is both Asian Pacific Islander Heritage and and Hepatitis Awareness month.  View the state and national recognitions received from our elected officials:

President Obama recognizes API Heritage Month and World Hepatitis Day (May 19).  These are 2 separate PDFs.