Thank you to all our partner organization and Viral Hepatitis Champions for your attendance and participation!

Highlights:

• #HepFreeNYC reached 1.7 million twitter users

• #HepFreeNYC hashtag was used 1,700+ times during the one-hour twitter chat (1 – 2PM EST)

• #HepFreeNYC Chat had 2,400+ engagements such as likes, retweets, comments, clicks

• Just getting started with Twitter and want to know how to join the conversation?Type #HepFreeNYC in the search box of the Twitter application and click on the “latest option.”

List of Confirmed Organizations and Participants Below!

Hosted by: Hispanic Federation – @HispanicFed

Confirmed Participants – Organizations:

National Hispanic Hepatitis Awareness Day (May 15) – @nhhad
Hep Free NYC Network – @HepFreeNYC 
REACH Program @ Mount Sinai – @REACH4Cure
Empire Liver Foundation – @LiverEmpire 
Treatment Access Group (TAG) – @TagTeam_Tweets
Boom Health – @BoomHealthNYC
Hep C Mentor & Support Group – @hepatitisCmsg
Korean Community Services of NY – @KCSNY
Korean Community Services Public Health and Research Center – @kcsphrc
National Black Leadership Commission on Health (NBLCH) – @natlblackhealth
Charles B Wang Community Health Center – @CBWCHC
National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day – @nlaad
The Latino Commission on AIDS – @LatinoCommAIDS
Envolve Health – @envolvehealth
Boriken Health – @BorikenHealth
HepCure – @HepCure
Prevent Cancer Foundation – @PreventCancer
HousingWorks – @HousingWorks 
CHIPO – @CHIPO_HBV
Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations – @HepBPolicy
Clinical Education Initiative – @nysdoh_cei
Hep B United Philly – @hepbunitedphila
Hep Free Hawai’i – @hepfreehawaii
HBI-DC – @HBIDC
Community Health Action of Staten Island – @CHASINYC

Hep B/C Champions and Service providers:

@NirahJohnson – Nirah Johnson, NYC Health Dept
@HenryEChang – Henry Chang CEO, Hepatitis Business Solutions & Hep Free NYC Advisory Board Member
@AnnetteGaudino – Annette Gaudino, State & Local Policy Director, Treatment Access Group
@TatyanaKushner – Dr. Tatyana Kushner, Assistant Professor: Liver Disease & Obstetrics, Mount Sinai
@GregDore2 – Greg Dore, Kirby Institute, Australia
@TimoSaidWhat – Timothy Rivera, Envolve Health
@movingDD – Diana Diaz Munoz, Program Manager, NYC Health Dept
@halikonte1 – Halimatou Konte, Program Manager, African Services Committee
@Adeebasaurus – Adeeba Khan, Viral Hepatitis Program Intern, NYC Health Dept
@kemar101 – Kemar Asphall, NBLCH
@shakethetablezw – Nyashadzashe Makoni, Mount Sinai
@LeSweeti – Judy Strait-Jones, Hawaii Immunization Coalition

Finalized Questions for May 14

Q1: What should New Yorkers know about Hep B and 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 hepatitis B and hepatitis C and how can they be addressed?

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

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

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

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

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?