Members of the Hep Free NYC LGBTQ Committee met to discuss activities to be implemented in 2016, including tabling at LGBTQ events and distributing the Hepatitis LGBTQ Resource Card.
Meeting Notes & Highlights
The Hep B Coalition meeting introduced the new Team HBV initiative supported by a Hep B United Grant, featured the New Charles B. Wang Community Health Center #NOHep Social Media Campaign, and provided updates on the Check Hep B Patient Navigation Program.
The Staten Island Hep C Task Force meeting provided an introduction to the new Brighpoint Health location in Staten Island, updates on the Tackling Youth Substance Abuse program, and a presentation on a resource card to increase hepatitis screening among young injection drug user...
The meeting featured presentations on The Fortune Society and Sandra Atlas Bass Center for Liver Diseases services, updates on NYC Health Dept Hep C surveillance, and a Hep testing model used by NewYork Presbyterian Queens.
On June 21, 2016, members of the Hep Free NYC Faith-based Initiative met to launch the initiative and develop activities to raise awareness about Hepatitis in faith communities.
Reports from the Viral Hepatitis Surveillance Unit on the rise of the diagnosis of Hepatitis C in young people in NYC in 2016, preliminary results from the 2nd annual HCV Hospital Survey, updates on mandatory HCV RNA confirmatory testing in NYC, presentation on HCV care for mono-...
At the April 27 Hepatitis B Coalition meeting, attendees learned about the Project H+EAL Program and results of the enhanced Hep B Surveillance Project.
Community partners met to addresses the increase of prescription medication misuse as well as intranasal and injection drug use, that has contributed to increased rates of Hepatitis B and C nationally.
Members of the LGBTQ Initiative met to organize panel discussions on Hepatitis; help develop a LGBTQ hepatitis personal stories workshop; help produce LGBTQ hepatitis resources; and plan for Pride events.
Our Bronx Hep C Task Force meeting included a presentation on Project INSPIRE and updates on the End of Hep C Initiative.
