Community Resource
Free Overdose Awareness & Reversal Training! – Philadelphia Department of Public Health
Sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/overdose-awareness-reversal-training-registration-39879675182 DESCRIPTION With Philadelphia, and the nation, in the grips of an opioid overdose crisis, the Philadelphia Department of Public Health is now offering FREE training on overdose awareness and overdose reversal using naloxone, or Narcan. Trainings will be held at 500 South Broad Street, in the 1st Read more…
Community Resource
Support Prevention Point Philadelphia’s Point of Refuge for those living on the street
https://www.razoo.com/organization/Prevention-Point-Philadelphia-Incorporated “This winter marks the 3rd year that Prevention Point Philadelphia will be operating its Point of Refuge for those living on the street in the Kensington area. We will be continuing our approach of radical acceptance for those who stay with us – meeting all guests “where they are at” Read more…
Community Resource
Hep C Treatment? – There’s an App for that!
Mount Sinai Medical Center developed an app for patients to track their treatment and engage with providers throughout the process. Check it out below! http://hepcure.org/
Community Resource
National Progress Report: Progress Toward Viral Hepatitis Elimination in the United States, 2017
https://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/policy/pdfs/NationalProgressReport.pdf “On October 27, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published an online report entitled Progress Toward Viral Hepatitis Elimination in the United States. In this inaugural report, CDC highlights recent progress made by the nation towards reducing the burden of hepatitis A virus, hepatitis B virus, Read more…
Community Resource
HepVu Mapping the Hepatitis Epidemic
HepVu is an interactive online resource that visualizes the first standardized state-level estimates of people with past or current Hepatitis C infection across the United States. These estimates were generated by Emory University’s Coalition for Applied Modeling for Prevention (CAMP), a project supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Read more…
Community Resource
Hepatitis C: State of Medicaid Access
Hepatitis C: State of Medicaid Access is the culmination of work by the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation of Harvard Law School (CHLPI) and the National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable (NVHR) to definitively assess the state of access to DAAs for Medicaid enrollees across America. Through a national report Read more…
Coalition Activity
October 23 – Comprehensive User Engagement Sites – A Multidisciplinary Educational Session
Monday, October 23, 2017 6PM-8PM Broad Street Ministries 315 South Broad Street Philadelphia PA
Coalition Activity
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…
