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Health Department Announces Plant to Combat Hepatitis C
The NYC Health Department today released the City’s first-ever plan for reducing illness and death from the hepatitis C virus (HCV), a disease that now accounts for more annual deaths nationwide than HIV/AIDS. In Hepatitis C in New York City: State of the Epidemic and Action Plan, the Health Department calls for new efforts to expand testing for HCV and to ensure that all people with HCV infection are evaluated for treatment.
Presidential Proclamation | World Hepatitis Day 2014 See original post here. – – – – – – – BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Around the world, one in twelve people are living with viral hepatitis. In the Unit...
On World Hepatitis Day 2016, hundreds of New Yorkers participated in educational forums, social media campaigns and free hepatitis screenings.
The NYC Hep C Task Force & Hep B Coalition created a workgroup in 2013 to address hepatitis in the Caribbean communities of NYC.
Examining Hepatitis C Virus Treatment Access: A Review of Select State Medicaid Fee-For-Service and Managed Care Programs
Nirav R. Shah, M.D., the Commissioner of the New York State Health Department has released a Dear Colleague letter announcing the new Hepatitis C Testing Law. (Section 2171) The new law, which will take effect January 1st, 2014, mandates that every individual born between 1945 ...
The New York State Department of Health has made available new sexual health infographic postcards, including this one on Hep C "Getting Inked or Pierced? 4 Ways to Prevent Hepatitis C."
Sign a petition asking policymakers to take action against Hep C by dropping discriminatory Medicaid restrictions on Hep C treatment.
The Hepatitis C Program Manager is responsible for the implementation, management, and administration of an AIDS Institute–funded Hepatitis C treatment program.
