A World Hepatitis Day 2010 Event: May 19th The National Fight to Eliminate Hepatitis B and C - The Office of Minority Health

A World Hepatitis Day 2010 Event: May 19th
The National Fight to Eliminate Hepatitis B and C

National and local organizations unite to improve domestic and global actions for reducing chronic hepatitis B and C in African American, Asian American, Latino, and Pacific Islander communities

National and local organizations unite to improve domestic and global actions for reducing chronic hepatitis B and C in African American, Asian American, Latino, and Pacific Islander communities. Please join us for this important event!

Hosted by the HHS Office of Minority Health, the Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations, the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors, and the National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable.

Watch a video of Dr. Howard Koh on World Hepatitis Awareness Day.

Speakers:

Garth N. Graham, MD, MPH, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health

Kiran Ahuja, Executive Director of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders

John W. Ward, MD, Director, Division of Viral Hepatitis, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention

Gloria Searson, Administrative Director of North General Hospital, Department of HIV/AIDS

Laura W. Cheever, MD, ScM, Deputy Associate Administrator HIV/AIDS Bureau

Lucy Chiang, Hepatitis B Patient Advocate

WHEN: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 from 10:00am-12:00pm. Continental breakfast and boxed lunches provided.

WHERE: US Department of Health and Human Services, The Great Hall – Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue, Washington, DC

INFORMATION: For more information please contact Sophie Tan at Sophie.Tan@hhs.gov or Natalie Ah Soon-Bartley nabartley@aapcho.org space is limited so we encourage participants to RSVP to Sophie or Natalie by Monday, May 17, 2010.

Content Last Modified: 5/14/2010 4:00:00 PM

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