Dr. Su Wang is the assistant director of medical affairs at the Charles B. Wang Community Health Center in New York. She learned of her Hepatitis B infection after giving blood as a college student and later learned that her mother also has Hepatitis B. View video on Viral Hepatitis Action.
Adversity Brings Strength | Hep B Story of Jan Carl Park On a Thursday afternoon, the sun set as a man with a firm handshake and bright eyes that bounce from blue to green walked in. Jan Carl Park, New York City Health Department Director for the HIV Planning Council, and a forme...
easy to lose yourself in a city so big. Lo-Anne’s Hep C Story In 2005 About four years ago, in one of the newer subway cars, lit up so much you feel like you are in a fish bowl, I sat across from a poster with a man’s face, part of it looked, looked, well, like a burnt marshm...
Becoming an Advocate for Health in the Russian Community: Gregori’s Story Hep C Story Dennis Rivera is a peer navigator at AIDS Center of Queens County (ACQC) and is a peer in the IDUHA Hep C Peer Navigation Program. For Dennis, peer navigation is about sharing hope and ed...
CDC Faces of Hepatitis | Arline Loh’s Hep B Story Arline Loh was diagnosed with Hepatitis B at age 39 after feelings of fatigue prompted her to talk to her doctor. View video on Viral Hepatitis Action.
Don’t Let Fear Prevent You From living. Paul’s Hep C Story When Paul Bolter was in his early 30s, he often found himself feeling fatigued. Hep C, a virus not well known back in 2001, was silently attacking his body. Paul is currently the leader of the Hep Free NYC Hep B &am...
Fear and Stigma, No More! Hep C Peer Navigator Story of Ana Faro Ana Faro worked as a peer navigator for the AIDS Center of Queens County (ACQC) involved in the IDUHA Hep C Peer Navigation Program. She is passionate about making Hep C a priority and ensuring quality services...
Nothing compares to the feeling of helping others | Hep C Story of Ed Manchess The energy at BOOM! Health, a non-profit organization that provides citywide HIV/AIDS and harm reduction services, was both calming and electrifying, as Ed Manchess, the Director of Harm Reduction Serv...
HIV Undetectable, Hep C Cured! Hep C Peer Navigator Story of Louie Jones Louie Jones is a peer navigator at Harlem United He participated in the IDUHA Hep C Peer Navigation Program. His story is one of resilience, advocacy and attaining a goal he never imagined possible: being c...
