National Hepatitis Awareness

May is Hepatitis Awareness Month

Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C can become chronic, life-long infections which can lead to liver cancer. Millions of Americans are living with chronic viral hepatitis, and many do not know they are infected.
According to the HAHSTA 2011 Annual Report*, between the five years of 2006 – 2010:

• 192 District Citizens were diagnosed with Acute Hepatitis A
• 3,127 District Citizens were diagnosed with Chronic Hepatitis B
• 13,236 District Citizens were diagnosed with Chronic Hepatitis C

* pages 42, 43, and 44 in the HAHSTA Annual Report; Tables 9, 10, and 11.
Call HAHSTA to find out how to reduce your risk of contracting Hepatitis.

Scheduled events:

• May 16
  

  Providence Hospital Hepatitis C Symposium

  Location: Providence Hospital - Ross Auditorium
  1150 Varnum Street, NE
  Time:  11 AM  - 2 PM
  Target Audience: Health Care Providers and Community Service Providers
  more information:      danielle.cartwight@prohosp.org; donald.joyce@provhosp.org; jbordon@provhosp.org
  or call: 202.448.4052; Lunch provided for 100 participants. 
  Highlighted Speakers:
  ♦   Jose Bordon, M.D., PhD.; Providence Hospital, Washington, DC
  ♦   Mark Sulkowski, M.D.; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 
  ♦   Gregory Pappas, M.D., PhD.; Senior Deputy Director, HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis, STD, and TB  
       Administration, Government of the District of Columbia, Department of Health
  ♦   Ronald Valdiserri, MD, MPH, Deputy Assistant Secretary for HIV/AIDS, Infectious Disease,
       Department of Health and Human Services and Director of the Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious
       Disease Policy
   
• May 17
  

  Benefit Gala and Award Dinner 

  Organized by the Hepatitis B Initiative of Washington, DC. Gala proceeds to benefit education, screenings, and vaccinations.
  Location: China Garden Restaurant, 1100 Wilson Blvd., Rosslyn, VA 
  Time:   5:30 PM - 9 PM
  More information:      contact Jane Pan at 571.274.0021 or email janepan@hbi-dc.org or Purchase Tickets 
  
  MC:   Kathy Park
  Channel 8 reporter and anchor 
  ABC 7 and News Channel 8 
  
  Keynote Speaker:   Dr. Nadine Gracia
  Director of the Office of Minority Health
  US Department of Health and Human Services
  
  Guest Speaker:   Honorable Mark Keam
  House of Delegates
  Government of the Commonwealth of Virginia

• May 18
  

  Health Fair at Martin Luther King Library  
  Organized by the Hepatitis B Initiative of Washington, DC. 
  Location: Martin Luther King, Jr Library: 901 G Street, NW
  Time:   10 AM - 3 PM
  more information:     Free hepatitis B and rapid hepatitis C testing will be provided. Services will be available in English and Spanish. Contact Jane Pan at 571.274.0021 or email janepan@hbi-dc.org

The below resources can be printed out or you can stop by he HAHSTA offices to obtain more copies.