CHIPO-NYC Committee Meeting Highlights | 10-28-20

Announcement

CHIPO-NYC AWARD!
- Congratulations CHIPO-NYC for being awarded the 2020 Hep B United Community Champion Awards!
HONE has a new R21 study coming up to assess African immigrant health literacy and Hep B knowledge to create culturally competent education programs – Email Nyashadzashe Makoni Nyashadzashe.Makoni@mountsinai.org for any questions

Presentation

Update: Difficult-to-Treat Hepatitis C Virus Subtypes in Sub-Saharan Africa
Annette Gaudino, State & Local Policy Director, Treatment Action Group, annette.gaudino@treatmentactiongroup.org

An estimated of 5.5 million people in sub-Saharan Africa could be infected with difficult to-treat genotype 4r and non-1a/1b subtypes.
Clinicians must consider resistance testing before treatment and test for subtype if cure was not achieved after treatment.
Lack of AASLD guidance on diagnostics and treatment
Support TAG in their request to make treatment recommendations available in American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) guideline. Email Annette Gaudino.
Hepatitis C Subtypes treatment recommendations available on the European Association for the Study of the Liver guideline page: see here

COVID-19 and FLU Vaccine, Cost, Accessibility and Materials
Maria Soto, Director, Community Health Promotion, Vaccine Task Force Community Engagement Coordinator, msoto3@health.nyc.gov

Discussion

What community outreach strategies have you been using during this pandemic to:
- Provide Hep B and C linkage to care services
  - Patients are still concerned about attending in-person visits
- Offer Hep B screening in the community
  - Clients are given the opportunity to get hep B test when they show up for COVID-19 test
    - African Services Committee Offers free COVID-19 testing. Email Halimatou at halimatouk@africanservices.org for questions
  - There is planning for future community screening and current screening at sites
    - Email Halimatou Konte at halimatouk@africanservices.org and Fatima Omarufilo at alabaran@montefiore.org to plan for future screening and refer clients for free Hep B and C testing and navigation to care

In Attendance

Adeeba Khan, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, akhan8@health.nyc.gov
Annette Gaudino, Treatment Action Group, annette.gaudino@treatmentactiongroup.org
Arthur Dubai, Viral Hepatitis Community Partner, arthurdubai@hotmail.com
Beatrice Zovich, Hep B Foundation, zovich@hepb.org
Chari Cohen, Hep B Foundation, cohen@hepb.org
Christina Boynes, BronxCare Medical Center, CBoynes@bronxleb.org
Danait Yemene, African Services Committee, danaity@africanservices.org
Farma Pene, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, fpene@health.nyc.gov
Fatima Omarufilo, Montefiore Medical Center, alabaran@montefiore.org
Lilas Kodjo, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, lkodjo@health.nyc.gov
Nadine Kela-Murphy, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, nkelamurphy@health.nyc.gov
Halimatou Konte, African Services Committee, halimatouk@africanservices.org
Olorunseun O. Ogunwobi, CUNY – Hunter College, ogunwobi@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu
Mohamed Kante, Viral Hepatitis Community Partner, docteurk86@hotmail.fr
Nyashadzashe Makoni, Mount Sinai Health System, makoni@mountsinai.org
Shanda Kearse, Community Health Action of Staten Island (CHASI), shanda.kearse@chasiny.org
Steven Stora, Community Health Network of Staten island, stora@chasiny.org

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CHIPO-NYC is a coalition of organizations and individuals interested in addressing the high rates of hepatitis B and C infections among African communities in the U.S. Our goal is to bring together NYC organizations, services providers and advocates who are dedicated to ending hepatitis B and C in African communities throughout the city.

Last Updated on January 19, 2021 by HepFree NYC

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