South Asian Hepatitis Initiative Meeting Highlights | 02-15-23

South Asian Hepatitis Initiative (SAHI) Meeting Highlights

Wednesday, February 15, 2023 | 12 – 1 PM

Attendance: See below

Presentation

United Sikhs Plans for the Awarded Hep B United Mini-Grant
Jagjit Kaur, Senior Manager, United Sikhs, jagjit.kaur@unitedsikhs.org

• Goal: Improve culturally and linguistically appropriate resources to raise awareness and promote Hep B testing and vaccination by hosting monthly screenings.
• Currently, conducting monthly Hep B testing at Sikh Community Centers (Gurdwaras) in collaboration with Korean Community Korean Services
• Translated the SAHI Hep B & C postcards into Punjabi
• Screened over 100 participants
• Reported many did not know about Hep B but were willing to get tested

Announcements:

• Request Introduction to Hepatitis B and C for South Asian Communities 1-hour training for your staff, email news@hepfree.nyc
• Request free Hep B testing at your community events or organization focused on South Asian communities, email news@hepfree.nyc
• Hepatitis A, B and C in NYC 2021 Annual Report
  • The latest surveillance and programmatic data on viral hepatitis in NYC.
    Use these data to inform hepatitis intervention planning, apply for funding,
    and educate providers and patients!

Attendance:

1. Adeeba Khan, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, akhan8@health.nyc.gov
2. Alma Chaves, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, achaves@health.nyc.gov
3. Hasan Raza, Council of Peoples Organization, hraza@copo.org
4. Holly Wang, Korean Community Services, ywang@kcsny.org
5. Jagjit Kaur, United Sikhs, jagjit.kaur@unitedsikhs.org
6. Rehan Mehmood, South Asian Council for Social Services (SACSS), rehan@sacssny.org
7. Sarah Ahmed, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, sahmed10@health.nyc.gov
8. Umaima Khatun, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, ukhatun@health.nyc.gov

Last Updated on April 2, 2024 by HepFree NYC