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.
What's New
Goals and Strategies to Address Chronic Hepatitis B report now available
Sat, 01/10/2009 - 11:11pm — katrinaThe 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
Sat, 01/10/2009 - 11:08pm — katrinaMay 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.
CDC Expands Testing Recommendations for Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection
Wed, 01/02/2008 - 7:12pm — katrina
NIH Consensus Statement on Hepatitis B Management
Sat, 01/08/2000 - 4:11pm — katrinaView the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Consensus Development Conference Statement on the Management of Hepatitis B from their October 20-22, 2008 meeting.