NVHR Hepatitis Awareness Month Planned Activities

American Social Health Association The American Social Health Association (ASHA) is gathering opinions about a new hepatitis vaccination campaign designed to reach men who have sex with men. If you would like to participate in one of the surveys, please click on the banner ad. Lisa Gilbert, lisagilber@ashastd.org
HEP B Foundation	First Friday in Doylestown – May 3, 5 – 8 pm DATE TBD – Honolulu - May 3 or 4 Spokespeople HBF BMS spokesperson – pending confirmation of schedule Dr. Tsai (Chinese) – to be confirmed Additional physicians – to be confirmed Patient – pending Venue TBD Monday, May 7 – San Francisco Spokespeople Molli Conti, HBF BMS spokesperson – pending confirmation of schedule Jeffrey Caballero, AAPCHO – role to be determined Dr. Huy Trinh (Vietnamese) Dr. Eddie Cheung (Chinese) – Note: Dr. Francis Yao was unable to attend, therefore Dr. Cheung has agreed to participate Patient – pending Venue Hotel Nikko San Francisco (site of 2006 Liver Awareness Month event) Tuesday, May 9 – HBF & Abbott Labs presents a Webcast, with speaker Dr. Stanley Cohen “The Changing Epidemiology of the Hepatitis B Virus" time & access to follow Tuesday, May 9 – Los Angeles Spokespeople Molli Conti, HBF BMS spokesperson – pending confirmation of schedule Dr. Tse-Ling Fong (Chinese) Dr. Tram Tran (Vietnamese) Dr. Ho Bae (Korean) - pending Sidney Ho (Fong’s patient) - pending Tony Ngo (Tran’s patient) - pending Venue USC Liver Transplant Center (site of 2006 AIM for the B media roundtable) Thursday, May 10 – New York Spokespeople Joan Block, Hepatitis B Foundation BMS spokesperson – pending confirmation of schedule Dr. Qing Yeh (Chinese) Dr. Albert Min (Korean) Patient - pending Venue Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers (site of 2006 Liver Awareness Month event) Thursday, May 10 – Washington, DC – Library of Congress 3-5 pm Roundtable discussion with Dr. John Ward, CDC Reception to follow Friday, May 11th – Washington DC – Congressional Briefing 12 noon – 1:30 pm The Capitol – Room HC-5 Friday, May 11th – Bristol Myers Squibb – Plainsboro, NJ In house discussion of the AIM for the B Campaign with BMS team 12 noon – 1 pm	Molli Conti molli@hepb.org
LOLA	Tues: May 15, Walk to City Hall from Battery Park	www.lola-national.org 718-867-8697
American Cancer Society	Hepatitis B Workshop and Screening Sat, May 19 from 2-4pm Ganesh Temple 45-57 Bowne St, Flushing NY 11355 Speaker: Dr Shakir Mukhi Temple Contact: Dr Uma Mysorekar 718-460-8484 ACS Contact: Kira Kim Hepatitis B and C Workshop and Screening Sun, May 20 from 10:30am-12:30pm St Robert Bellarmin Roman Catholic Church 56-15 213th St, Bayside NY 11364 Speaker: Dr. Rosa Lee Church Contact: Rose Lee ACS Contact: Kira Kim
The AIDS Institute	AIDS Institute will be doing a press release and also each year we co-sponsor in Florida, Hepatitis Day, at the state capitol in Tallahassee, which includes press conference, legislative visits, availability of testing, vaccines, and exhibits. Its May 1st this year..	Carl Schmid CSchmid@theaidsinstitute.org
Hepatitis C Caring Ambassadors	Caring Ambassadors Program will be hosting an educational briefing on hepatitis C in the US House and Senate on May 22nd.	Lorren Sandt lorren@hepcchallenge.org
American Liver Foundation	a number of our Chapters are heavily involved in visits to their statehouses and requests for proclamations declaring May Hepatitis Awareness Month. In addition, our intensive activity this year is a nationwide initiative for all of our Chapters. Each is identifying a targeted list of key decision makers (state legislators, governor, mayors, federal legislators, state officials, etc.) with whom they will meet/talk to increase their awareness of hepatitis in their state and the need for more funds directed to the solutions. We have armed the Chapters with all of the materials that they need and have encouraged them to communicate with their hepatitis coordinators, as well. Our Chapters already have begun to train their Hepatitis Awareness Month team members, so that we'll have a corps of staff, lay volunteers, and professional volunteers to connect with the decision makers	Lisa Tobin ltobin@liverfoundation.org
Hepatitis C Association	We have: asked the Governor of New Jersey to sign a proclamation to make May 2008 Hepatitis Awareness Month partnered with another New Jersey hepatitis non profit organization and the New Jersey Road Runners Club to dedicate their 2008 Marathon Race to hepatitis.	Dennis Simon dennis@hepcassoc.org