The New York City Health Department has launched its Ryan White Care Coordination program for People Living with HIV as well as people coinfected with HIV and Hepatitis C (HCV)
Patient Treatment Programs
In 2014, NYC Council established the Viral Hepatitis Initiative, which has served to establish and sustain four programs to build community health organization capacity to prevent, identify, manage and treat hepatitis B and C.
Project SUCCEED is a new NYC Health Department capacity building initiative that aims to eliminate Hep C in people living with HIV in NYC.
A new Public Health Law was mandated January 1, 2001 and became a permanent program in 2009 that authorized licensed pharmacies in good standing to register with the New York State Department of Health to sell up to 10 hypodermic needles or syringes to individuals ages 18 years o...
Project INSPIRE is a comprehensive hepatitis C care coordination program in NYC, now enrolling until February 2017.
Several programs in NYC offer HepCap, which covers the cost of Hep C medical care for eligible patients.
The goal of the Check Hep C Patient Navigation Program is to link NYC residents living with Hep C to medical care.
The goal of the Check Hep B Patient Navigation Program (Check Hep B) is to link New York City residents living with Hep B to medical care.
The goal of the NYC Hep C Peer Navigation Program is to prevent new Hep C infections and navigate NYC residents at risk for Hep C through testing and medical care.
The NYC Health Dept Immunization Clinic (Fort Greene) offers free Hep B vaccines to patients who are uninsured.
