HepCAP

October 26th – Join Harm Reduction Coalition and PRIME Education, LLC for a live webinar titled HCV Testing & Linkage to Care Through the Lens of Substance Use Disorder Clinics.

Register Here Thursday, October 26th, 2017 at 2PM EST This unique webinar highlights key findings from a recent educational series to train counselors, clinicians, and other healthcare providers working in substance use disorder clinics to provide sustainable education to their patients on HCV risks, testing, and harm reduction. Expert faculty Read more…

By HepCAP, ago

Steering Committee Application Reopened!!!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc0W91kkwRi-REIcrvHrwRbjQjVzBEsySF9atsYYg8dUFQgEg/viewform?usp=sf_link Click the link above to apply to join HepCAP’s steering committee. Description: HepCAP will establish a steering committee to oversee the execution of annually established organizational goals. The steering committee will serve to improve decision-making processes, increase stakeholder engagement, build functional capacity, and increase operational transparency. Activities may include Read more…

By HepCAP, ago

AASLD IDSA New Guidance

What’s New, Updates, and Changes to the Guidance This version of the guidance has been updated to reflect several important developments, including the recent approvals of glecaprevir/pibrentasvir and sofosbuvir/velpatasvir/voxilaprevir. Updated recommendations reflecting these approvals are provided throughout the guidance. In addition to updates to all the sections, the following new Read more…

By HepCAP, ago

Narcan Overdose Prevention Training’s

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/narcan-overdose-prevention-trainings-tickets-37245091070 In response to the Heroin/Opioid Epidemic in Philadelphia, DBHIDS invites you to “Empowering the DBHIDS Community: A Population Health Response to the Heroin/Opioid Crisis in Philadelphia.” The 2017 Narcan overdose prevention training series will take place at Community Behavioral Health (CBH), 801 Market Street on the following dates: September Read more…

By HepCAP, ago

A National Strategy for the Elimination of Hepatitis B and C

http://www.nationalacademies.org/hmd/Activities/PublicHealth/NationalStrategyfortheEliminationofHepatitisBandC.aspx “This consensus committee will explore the elimination of hepatitis B and C from the United States. The committee is working in two phases. First, they considered the feasibility of elimination as a goal, with attention to social and logistical aspects of feasibility as well as scientific ones. The phase Read more…

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New Recommendations on Adolescent and Young Adult Tattooing, Piercing, and Scarification – American Academy of Pediatrics

http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2017/09/14/peds.2017-1962 “Tattoos, piercing, and scarification are now commonplace among adolescents and young adults. This first clinical report from the American Academy of Pediatrics on voluntary body modification will review the methods used to perform the modifications. Complications resulting from body modification methods, although not common, are discussed to provide the Read more…

By HepCAP, ago

Steering Committee Application

Steering Committee Member Position Title: Steering Committee Chair Description: HepCAP will establish a steering committee to oversee the execution of annually established organizational goals. The steering committee will serve to improve decision-making processes, increase stakeholder engagement, build functional capacity, and increase operational transparency. Activities may include but are not limited Read more…

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