Click the link below to see a video of Priya Mammen, MD, MPH, discussing how Thomas Jefferson’s Emergency Out Out Program is saving and improving the lives of many Philadelphians through HIV screening. Click Here to Watch!
“Doctors have basically been taught and raised and are functioning in a system where addiction is always someone else’s job,” said Priya Mammen, an emergency physician and public health advocate from South Philadelphia. “The regulations treat these medications as qualitatively different from any other medication we prescribe. It gives off Read more
HepCAP’s in the news! Thank you to the South Philly Review for covering our first Town Hall in their latest issue. Community Health Leaders Come Together for Hep C Town Hall at South Philly Library Members from Hepatitis C Allies of Philadelphia (HepCAP), an organization dedicated to raising awareness about Read more
Join NASTAD on Tuesday, February 19 from 1:00-2:30 PM ET for a webinar on primary care provider training models for HCV Management. In the era of Direct Acting Antivirals (DAAs), people can be cured with few side effects and incredibly high success rates in primary care settings. Despite the ease Read more
After Trump’s State of The Union commitment to ending new HIV infections in the United States by 2030, a press release from NASTAD emphasizes that “structural policies must align with our best science and the Administration must recognize the need to prioritize the health and safety of the communities that Read more
5th Annual Jefferson Liver Disease Symposium Saturday, March 30, 2019 Bluemle Life Sciences Building, Campus of Thomas Jefferson University233 S. 10th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107 The 5th Annual Jefferson Liver Disease Symposium will feature a multi-disciplinary approach to the treatment and management of patients with a potpourri of liver diseases presenting in the office of Read more
Add another hardship to the many already triggered by the opioid epidemic: More donated organs infected with the hepatitis C virus. “The ongoing U.S. opioid crisis has resulted in an increase in drug overdose deaths and acute hepatitis C virus infections, with young persons (who might be eligible organ donors) Read more
Inmates are being denied treatment, and it’s creating an epidemic. On May 15, 2017, after serving 37 years, David Maldonado was released from prison. He had been sentenced to life for a murder he committed when he was 16. But for Maldonado, getting out was about more than freedom; his Read more
Community Liver Alliance is offering a CME training on Treating Hepatitis C in Primary Care settings! Who Should Attend? This program is directed to primary care physicians, specialists (Infectious Disease, Gastroenterology, Hepatology), advanced practice provides, nurses, public health professionals, drug and alcohol counselors, care coordinators, advocates and other allied health Read more
Officials in Washington are seeking proposals from pharma companies for a “winner take all” hep C procurement deal It’s not just Louisiana working to tackle hepatitis C by purchasing drugs in a novel way. Officials in Washington are taking that state’s Netflix-style subscription model and upping the ante with a winner-take-all contract. Read more