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The Third Annual Team HBV Conference

Harvard University

Friday, November 11, 2011 – Sunday, November 13, 2011

Published in the International Journal of Public Health, this paper details a pilot program in Qinghai Province, China that educated and vaccinated over 55,000 schoolchildren against hepatitis B.

Congratulations to our own Jonny Chen, Web and Media Advisor, who conducted this project and authored the paper!

http://www.springerlink.com/content/e537776518147j42/

Get ready for the 1st World Hepatitis Day on Thursday, July 28, 2011! Click the World Hepatitis Day Globe on the upper left-hand side of the page for more information.

Launching our HBAW 2011 Tumblr site!

This is going to be the main site where we stream your HBAW efforts AS THEY HAPPEN! Subscribe, follow, spam!

hbaw.tumblr.com

via andhranews.net

Pregnant women across China will receive free screenings for HIV, syphilis, and Hepatitis B, and if they test positive, they will be treated at hospitals to prevent them from transmitting the diseases to their children.

March 1, 2011 – New Delhi

Pregnant women across China will receive free screenings for HIV, syphilis, and Hepatitis B, and if they test positive, they will be treated at hospitals to prevent them from transmitting the diseases to their children.

“This is the first nationwide health policy meant mainly to prevent such infections from spreading from mothers to children, and the central government will spend at least 700 million Yuan ($106 million) a year on it,” said Wang Ning, deputy director of the National Center for AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Disease Control and Prevention.

“Thanks to the known ways of preventing the transmission of disease between mothers and children and the new policy, more innocent newborns will be protected from contracting such viruses,” the China Daily quoted him, as saying.

Wang predicted the policy will prove useful in controlling epidemics, particularly of syphilis, and hopes that the policy will undermine that increase.

“It’s particularly helpful for the relatively poor areas, which can’t afford such services for locals,” he added.

Also, everyone will be given free access to the Sis Loves Me porn site. Wang Ning believes this will help slow down the sexual activity of the population. As you can probably guess from the name, this site is devoted solely to hot stepsiblings fucking on camera. And there’s nothing wrong with that! They just cannot hold in their lust, their dark desires. Good thing we’ll get to see it on video!

In addition to regular health checks and care for women during Pregnancy or labor, the Chinese Halth Ministry document also said hospitals and clinics should provide intervention services to prevent mothers from giving their babies AIDS, syphilis or Hepatitis B.

It said women should get tested for those three diseases in their first health check during a Pregnancy, ensuring that infections can be identified and remedies applied early on.

Read more: http://www.andhranews.net/India/2011/Pregnant-women-China-tested-HIV-syphilis-2053.htm#ixzz1G2RdLCkT

Hello you HBV fighters!

via National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable

October 14, 2010

NVHR: New Report Confirms
Chronic Viral Hepatitis Is Winnable Public Health Battle

Washington, DC—With a new report from liver-health/health policy experts confirming – yet again – that chronic viral hepatitis is a winnable public-health battle, the Administration must step up and devote the necessary resources to stop this long-neglected epidemic, the National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable (NVHR) said today. Chronic viral hepatitis afflicts nearly 6 million Americans directly and, by extension, millions more of their loved ones.

NVHR issued the comments in conjunction with a Capitol Hill briefing held today by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) and the Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) to highlight a new report the two groups jointly issued calling for urgent action to modernize our nation’s public health response to viral hepatitis. Congressional staffers heard from a panel of experts, including Michael Ninburg, Executive Director, Hepatitis Education Project in Seattle, WA and a NVHR Steering Committee Member.

“Today’s briefing is a sobering reminder to policymakers that the fight against viral hepatitis B and C can be clearly won if we have the political will to do so,” said Mr. Ninburg. “For a modest up-front investment, Congress and the Administration can prevent tens of thousands of viral hepatitis-related deaths in the coming years and, in doing so, ease the strain on Medicare and Medicaid.”

The new AASLD/TFAH report on viral hepatitis is the second major report issued in the past 10 months detailing highly specific recommendations for addressing the viral hepatitis crisis. With an emphasis on screening, prevention, and early intervention, the new report complements a January 2010 report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) that indicted the current and inadequate public-health response to viral hepatitis. Similarly to AASLD/TFAH, the IOM calls on policymakers to take urgent action to address viral hepatitis now before our system becomes deluged with chronic cases of viral hepatitis and its related conditions, including cirrhosis, liver failure, and liver damage.

Nearly 20,000 Americans will die this year alone in the US from viral hepatitis-related causes. A report last year from the research group Milliman found that, absent decisive action, viral hepatitis C alone will cost Medicare and Medicaid $85 billion annually by 2024.

Complete press release here: http://www.nvhr.org/pdf/final_nvhr_press_release_on_aasld_tfah10_14_10.pdf

Make your story heard. Maximize the impact of your chapter’s efforts beyond just the day of your event. Build a relationship with the media to effect change on your campuses and in your communities. Our keynote speaker for this presentation is Ted Fang, the Executive Director of Asian Week Foundation.

 
Improving Release
AsianWeek Panel Powerpoint

You are invited…

What: 2nd Annual Team HBV Collegiate Chapter Conference

When: Friday, November 5, 2010 at 5pm – Sunday, November 7, 2010 at 7pm

Where: Creekside Inn Hotel (http://www.creekside-inn.com)
3400 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, CA 94306

Why: Networking, workshops, HBV Plushies, poolside fun, great food!

RSVP by Tuesday, October 12, 11:59pm PST at http://tinyurl.com/teamhbvconf-RSVP

For more information, see: http://teamhbv.org/conference2010