2009
Steering Committee
Joan Block
Hepatitis B Foundation
Bruce Burkett
Missouri Hepatitis C Alliance
Jeff Caballero
Association of Asian and Pacific Community Health Organizations
Steven Graham (Treasurer)
Hepatitis Education Project
Daniel Raymond
Harm Reduction Coalition
Andrew Muir, MD
American Association for the Study of Liver Disease
Lorren Sandt (Vice Chair)
Caring Ambassadors Program, Inc.
Dennis Simon (Secretary)
Hepatitis C Association
Litjan Tan
American Medical Association
Chris Taylor (Chair)
National Alliance of State & Territorial AIDS Directors
Deborah Wexler, MD
Immunization Action Coalition
Staff
Martha Saly
Director
Mimi Schott
Administrative Assistant
Rose
Hessmiller
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In the
News
Ø NVHR &
NASTAD
Partnership
Ø Congressional Briefing
on Viral
Hepatitis
Ø Send Us Your World
Hepatitis Day Information
Ø Institute of Medicine Study
Committee Update
Ø CDC Resource Update
NVHR and NASTAD Partner on CDC Cooperative Agreement
NVHR has entered into
a new partnership with the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS
Directors (NASTAD), one of NVHR’s founding members under the CDC’s Cooperative
Agreement for Networking, Partnership and Information Dissemination (V-NET).
Through the V-NET, NVHR and NASTAD will leverage the power of a collective
voice by mobilizing the dynamic forces of our existing networks to influence
viral hepatitis prevention and control in the United States. Chris Taylor and
Martha Saly will manage the program for NASTAD and NVHR. We will soon announce
a series of conference calls and webinars addressing topics of interest to the
viral hepatitis advocacy community.
Congressional
Briefing on Viral Hepatitis
The
Hepatitis B Foundation, in partnership with the Association of Asian Pacific
Community Health Organizations (APCHO) and NVHR are hosting a congressional
briefing on Capitol Hill on May 19, 2009. The purpose of the briefing is to
educate legislators and key policy decision-makers about the global incidence
of chronic viral hepatitis infections (600 million people with HBV and HCV
worldwide of which about 6 million are Americans) and to inform them
particularly of the fatal link between chronic hepatitis infections and primary
liver cancer, which is one of the fastest growing cancers in the U.S. and the
3rd leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide.
Send Us Your WHD Info!
Tell
us what you are doing for World Hepatitis Day and Hepatitis Awareness Month and
we will post it on the NVHR website calendar. Send the event specifics and
contact information to rhessmiller@fergusonlynch.com
Institute of Medicine Report on Viral
Hepatitis in the United States
The
Institute of Medicine (IOM) Committee on Viral Hepatitis held its second
meeting on March 3-4, 2009 in Irvine, California. Presentations from the 1st meeting
and the 2nd
meeting can be found on the IOM website. The Committee will continue to
meet and expect to release their final report at the end of the year. NVHR will
continue to monitor progress and provide updates as available.
CDC Announces New Resources
The
CDC has released two new and updated fact sheets:
Hepatitis
A-B-C Fact Sheet for Health Professionals