Stand Up! Raise awareness for testing, access and treatment!

Be there! Bring posters and your organization’s banners to show team spirit!

There will be a lot of foot traffic so bring swag/hepatitis educational materials!

Let us know if you’d like to offer testing, email news@hepfree.nyc.

• Invite your City Council Member! Thank them for funding the “Viral Hepatitis Initiative” that has provided Hep B or C prevention, care and treatment services to over 16,000 NYC residents since 2014!
• Let us know if you are having a hepatitis community testing or awareness event so we can post on our calendar and include in our media advisory. To share your event, email news@hepfree.nyc.

Finalize Twitter Chat Questions

Q1: What should New Yorkers know about Hep B or Hep C? What are the risk factors? Why should New Yorkers be concerned?

Q2: What can New Yorkers do to prevent Hep B and Hep C? What can people living with Hep B or C do to protect their health, their community and prevent liver cancer?

Q3: How do you promote Hep B and Hep C education, outreach and testing in NYC especially now? What are your best practices?

Q4: What are the barriers that keep people from getting screened for Hep B and Hep C and how can they be addressed?

Q5: Viral hepatitis is severely underfunded, which in turn minimizes efforts to prevent and treat Hep B and C. How can we ensure that there is funding to end the Hep C and B epidemics?

Q6: Why are some populations more vulnerable to Hep B and/or Hep C, and how do we address the disparities? #HepFreeNYC

Q7: What can we do to increase access to Hep B Treatment for New Yorkers? What can we do to increase access to Hep C Cure for New Yorkers? #HepFreeNYC

Q8: What is needed to eliminate #HepB & #HepC in New York City? What current policy asks and resources do we need to treat every person living with Hep B and cure every person living with Hep C in #NYC? #HepFreeNYC

Q9: Who are your key partners in addressing Hep B & Hep C? Who would you like to engage more in your work? (Tag them here!)

Q10: What is one lesson learned or piece of advice for others who want to expand their work on raising awareness about viral hepatitis?

Confirmed 2023 Twitter Chat Participants: 

Host: Hispanic Federation – @HispanicFed

Organizations:

AcariaHealth Specialty Pharmacy – @TimoSaidWhat
African Services Committee – @AfricanServices
American Liver Foundation – @liverUSA
Association of Nigerian Physicians in the Americas – @ANPInfo
Bronxcare Health System
Charles B. Wang Community Health Center – @CBWCHC
CHIPO – @CHIPO_HBV
Council Of Peoples Organization – @copousa
Empire Liver Foundation – @LiverEmpire
Great Lakes Peace Centre – @greatlakespeacecentre
Hepatitis C Mentor and Support Group – @hepatitiscmsg
Hepatitis Outreach Network – @Hone29711188
Hep Free Hawaii – @hepfreehawaii
Hep Free NYC – @HepFreeNYC
HCV/DUH Center of Excellence , Clinical Education Initiative – @NYSDOH_CEI
HousingWorks – @HousingWorks
Hunter College, City University of New York – @knowcancernocancer
Korean Community Services – @kcsnewyork
La Casa de Salud
Latino Commission on AIDS – @LatinoCommAIDS, @Latinoaids
Mount Sinai REACH Program – @REACHProgramNYC
Mount Sinai Liver – @MountSinaiLiver
National Hispanic Hepatitis Awareness Day – @nhhad
NYC Health + Hospitals – @NYCHealthSystem
NYU Langone – @nyulagone
Office of Citywide Health Insurance Access –
Orasure – @orasure
START Treatment & Recovery Centers – @START_NYC
The Alliance for Positive Change – @thealliance_nyc
VOCAL-NY – @VOCALNewYork

Hep B/C Champions:

@RadeebAkhtar
St. Louis County DPH – @CoachK2700