News and Updates
- This is a call for proposals to student organizations from the National Task Force on Hepatitis B: Focus on Asians and Pacific Islander Americans. The Task Force will award three monetary awards of $2,500 each to student groups in the U.S. to begin new programs, or augment existing programs including: screening projects, educational and awareness projects, and media campaigns/community organizational efforts.
- World Hepatitis Day was on July 28th, 2011 – read the first ever Presidential Proclamation about viral hepatitis here.
- The Department of Health and Human Services released their new action plan: “Combating the Silent Epidemic of Viral Hepatitis: Action Plan for the Prevention, Care and Treatment of Viral Hepatitis” on May 12, 2011.
To join the National Task Force on Hepatitis B: Focus on Asian and Pacific Islander Americans, please send an email to the Task Force Secretary (merb00@stanford.edu) with your contact information. You will be enrolled in our listserv and included in our monthly conference calls.
