Berkeley Students Translate For Hep B
November 26, 2008
Amy Shen understands the difficulties that immigrants with little or no English skills face when receiving health care. Growing up, it was her responsibility to translate for her grandmother during her weekly doctor’s visit to treat her diabetes. Read more
Making the Vietnamese Community Hep B Free
November 18, 2008
One in seven Vietnamese Americans is chronically infected with hepatitis B, and the rate of liver cancer among Vietnamese American men is the highest of any ethnic group.
To outreach to the Vietnamese American community in the Bay Area and to educate them about the disease, the University of California, San Francisco, Vietnamese Community Health Promotion Project, an active participating partner of the S.F. Hep B Free Campaign, launched the Viet Hep B Free Project three years ago. Read more
Hep B Status Hidden For Decades
November 11, 2008
SAN FRANCSICO - At the SF Hep B Free Campaign’s community education workshop on Nov. 8 at the South Sea Seafood Village restaurant, Kate Wong, a hepatitis B carrier, shared her touching story and experience with the crowd.
Wong never understood the extent of hepatitis B until 3 years ago, when her father was diagnosed with liver cancer caused by the chronic hepatitis B virus. Read more
Asian Liver Center Takes Fight Against Hep B Global
November 5, 2008
As a SF Hep B Free Steering Committee Member, the Asian Liver Center at Stanford University has been doing an excellent job of educating the San Francisco Bay Area about hepatitis B.
In May 2001, the Asian Liver Center launched the Jade Ribbon Campaign to spread awareness about hepatitis B and liver cancer in the Asian community. Since then, the Jade Ribbon Campaign has spread across the Read more
ASIANWEEK SPECIAL SECTION ON HEPATITIS B
October 31, 2008
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Bristol-Myers Squibb, A Hero in Hep B Awareness
October 21, 2008
Bristol-Myers Squibb, a global biopharmaceutical company whose mission is to extend and enhance human life, is committed to addressing the unmet medical need of hepatitis B patients around the world.
As one of the outstanding community partners of the S.F. Hep B Free campaign, BMS has raised awareness of this serious disease, especially among Asian Americans who are disproportionately impacted by it, by Read more
New York’s Hep B Efforts
October 14, 2008
The B Free National Center of Excellence in the Elimination of Hepatitis B Disparities (B Free CEED) held a discussion about strategies to combat hepatitis B in New York City’s API community on Oct. 14 at the New York University Torch Club.
Hepatitis B prevention experts and community and government stakeholders discussed the new Center for Read more
Hep B Hero Gala
October 7, 2008
More than 300 elected officials, healthcare industry professionals and community leaders gathered on September 18 at a dinner held at the San Francisco Hilton Financial District to lend their support to San Francisco’s effort to become the first hepatitis B-free city in the nation.
Proceeds from the black-tie event benefitted San Francisco Hep B Free, a citywide campaign to screen, Read more
Students Launch Cal Hep B
October 2, 2008
BERKELEY, Calif. — Clad in green and black t-shirts with the words, “Smart. Tested. Free. I am Are You?”
UC Berkeley students announced the launch of the Cal Hep B Free Campaign on Sept. 9 at the campus’ Tang Center.
The student-initiated campaign effort brings together university students, faculty and administration in an Read more
CDC Announces New Testing Recommendations
September 23, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO - With the S.F. Hep B Free’s “B a Hero” ad encouraging people to get tested for the disease as a backdrop, members of the campaign joined Dr. John Ward, director of Viral Hepatology for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, at the Chinatown Public Health Center on Sept. 18 to announce the CDC’s new treatment recommendations. Read more
Dat Phan Joins Jade Ribbon Campaign
September 16, 2008
Funny man Dat Phan, the original winner of NBC’s popular show Last Comic Standing, recently agreed to endorse the Jade Ribbon Campaign.
“We are excited about his support and willingness to spread awareness about hepatitis B to the Vietnamese American community,” said Alena Groopman, the Asian Liver Center’s Global Community Health coordinator. Read more
Calif. Hep B Free Concert Tour Launches
September 9, 2008
To raise awareness for hepatitis B, students will perform music and spoken word poetry as part of the California Hep B Free Tour on Sept. 16.
The concert, organized by UC Berkeley’s Team HBV, will begin at 7:30 p.m. at Berkeley’s Bear’s Lair Food Court and features Gene Hwang, a Berkeley alum and DJ, and Lanz Lipana, a third year UC Berkeley student majoring in Molecular Environmental Biology, who will play the guitar and sing. Read more