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Hep Free NYC

February 2016 Newsletter
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Join us on Feb 17!

Join us on Wednesday, February 17 from 3 - 5 PM for the first NYC Hep B Coalition meeting of the year at the American Cancer Society. Learn about:
  • 2016 NYC Hep B Coalition plans
  • NYU's "Be Certain: Get Tested for Hepatitis B" campaign
  • Project H+EAL Hep B education program for high school students
  • Check Hep B resources available to support Hep B patient navigators in NYC

Upcoming Events


Training | Peers Providing Trauma Informed Care. Feb 8 & 9 (9 - 4:30 PM). NYS AIDS Institute.

Webinar | Integrating Peers in Health Care Service Delivery. Feb 11 & 25 (11:00 AM - 12:30 PM). NYS AIDS Institute.

Volunteers Needed! 

Join Charles B. Wang Community Health Center to provide Hep B screenings and outreach at the 2016 Lunar New Year Festival in Manhattan's Chinatown on Sunday, Feb 14.
Event | Hep C Support Group. Feb 16 (6 - 8 PM). Mount Sinai.

Training | Alcohol Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment. Feb 25 (9:20 AM - 1:30 PM). NYC Health Dept, Long Island City.

Training | Motivational Interviewing. Feb 25 & 26 (10 AM - 5 PM). Harm Reduction Coalition, 22 West 27th Street, Manhattan.

Training | Hep C Prevention Among Young PWIDs. March 4 (10 AM - 5 PM). Harm Reduction Coalition, 22 West 27th Street, Manhattan.

Training | Hep C 101. March 10 (9 AM - 5 PM). NYC Health Department, Long Island City.

Training | Hep C Rapid Point of Care Testing. March 17 (9 AM - 1 PM). NYC Health Department, Long Island City.

Training | Hep C Screening and Linkage to Care. April 14 (9 - 5 PM). NYS AIDS Institute.

Training | Active Drug Users and HIV/HCV Retention in Care and Treatment Adherence. April 7. NYS AIDS Institute.

Call for Abstracts | 11th National Harm Reduction Conference. Nov 3-6. Harm Reduction Coalition, San Diego,CA. Abstracts are due May 1, 2016.

Call for Abstracts | 2016 Gathering for Pacific Islander Health. May 24-26. Abstracts are due Feb, 2 2016. 
 
>> See more Events

Advocacy


Events

 
Hep C Legislative Advocacy Day in Albany. Feb 9 (6 AM). Organized by the NYS Hep C Coalition. Reserve your spot on the bus!
 
Hepatitis on the Hill Hep B and C advocacy event in Washington, DC. Mar 6-8. Organized by NVHR and Hep B United. Register by March 6. 
 

Action Alerts


Have you found a novel way promote Hep B and C testing? Submit to the WHO Global Hepatitis Programme ‪#HepTestContest‬ by March 1, 2016 to be be highlighted in the 2016 WHO Hepatitis Testing Guidelines.

Sign Letter | World Health Organization Hepatitis Strategy.

Comment | Support Medicare Coverage of Hep B Screening. Comments due Feb 20.

Support | Heroin and Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention and Reduction Act.
 
>> See more Action Alerts

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We want to make Hep Free NYC work for you. Have more suggestions about our communications? Contact us at hep@health.nyc.gov.

Hep C Stories of Hope


"When you have hepatitis, it's seriously like you ran a marathon every day. It's a time when you really really need support....There is a cure now, and it's not the year-long torture that you used to have to do. And there's always hope and that you can get out of this and you can recover and you can have a normal life."
 
Watch the "Jade: A Song of Hope" video by Hep Free Hawai'i to learn how Jade, a musician and teacher, and her son Max coped with Jade's illness.
 
Related: Hep Free NYC Stories

Looking for Free or Low-Cost Hepatitis Care and Treatment?

 
Care and treatment for Hep B and C can be costly, but there are programs in NYC that can help:
Find more resources in the Hep Free NYC Find Testing and Care listing.
 

News


Hep C Drugs in 2016: More Combos and Lower Cost. "New, effective drugs entering the Hepatitis C marketplace may cause the cost of the current treatments to drop."

FDA Approves Zepatier for Treatment of Hep C. "The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Zepatier (elbasvir and grazoprevir) with or without ribavirin for the treatment of chronic Hepatitis C genotypes 1 and 4 infections in adult patients."
>> See more News

Patient Education Materials in Spanish


"Caras de la Hepatitis C" Video

Watch this animated video about Hep C in Spanish.


Want More Resources in Spanish?

Download these NYC Health Department patient education resources:
Find more patient education resources in multiple languages here. Order print copies for free by calling 311 or emailing hep@health.nyc.gov.
 

Training & Technical Assistance

Report | Perinatal Hep B Elimination Consultation Report. HHS Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy.

Report | 2016 Cancer Facts & Figures Report. American Cancer Society. Liver cancer incidence has more than tripled since 1980.

Webinar Archive | Addressing Hepatitis Through Corrections-Public Health Partnerships. National Hepatitis Corrections Network.

Technical Assistance Spotlight

Implementing Hep C Reflex Testing

As of August 2015, Hep C reflex tests are reimbursable by Medicaid.
Looking for more technical assistance for Hep C reflex testing or other methods for increasing Hep C screening in your facility? Contact hep@health.nyc.gov.

Job Board


Check Hep C Patient Navigator @ Harlem United
Community Health Educator @ Queens Library
Hep C Senior Policy Associate @ AIDS Institute (Washington DC)
Capacity Building Coordinator @ Harm Reduction Coalition (CA)
Deputy State Director @ Drug Policy Alliance
Outreach & Syringe Exchange Specialist @ NY Harm Reduction Educators
Youth Health Educator HIV/HCV Tester @ Diaspora Community Services
VP of Development & Communications @ NBLCA
Executive Director @ American Liver Foundation NY
Nurse Public Health Fellowship | Margaret E. Mahoney Program (Due 3/20/16)
Community Health Resources Needs Assessment Intern @ NYU Center for the Study of Asian American Health (CSAAH)
 
>> See more Jobs

Funding

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