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Reflections: A Week of May 19 Postings and a Final Call to Action

Sat, 05/22/2010 - 17:18

May 19 is National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day and World Hepatitis Day. This blog post is the final one of a series on the impact of HIV and Hepatitis B in Asian & Pacific Islander communities. As A&PIs, you may not believe that you are at risk for these diseases, but you are. We hope you followed our posts throughout the week for different perspectives and stories from our community.


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A&PIs, HIV & Hep B: Fiona Ma's Special Message

Sat, 05/22/2010 - 11:42
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May 19 is National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day and World Hepatitis Day. This blog post is one of a series on the impacy of HIV and Hepatitis B in Asian & Pacific Islander communities. As A&PIs, you may not believe that you are at risk for these diseases, but you are. Follow our posts throughout the week for a different perspectives and stories from our community.


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Asians, Pacific Islanders & HIV: Connecting Hep B and HIV in San Francisco

Tue, 05/18/2010 - 07:57

May 19 is National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day and World Hepatitis Day. This blog post is one of a series on the impact of HIV and Hepatitis B in Asian & Pacific Islander communities. As A&PIs, you may not believe that you are at risk for these diseases, but you are. Follow our posts throughout the week for different perspectives and stories from our community.


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Asians, Pacific Islanders & Hep B: Treatable & Preventable

Sun, 05/16/2010 - 22:03

May 19 is National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day and World Hepatitis Day. This blog post is one of a series on the impact of HIV and Hepatitis B in Asian & Pacific Islander communities. As A&PIs, you may not believe that you are at risk for these diseases, but you are. Follow our posts throughout the week for different perspectives and stories from our community.


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Representative Honda Introduces Bi-Partisan Bill to End Hepatitis Epidemic

Sun, 11/01/2009 - 21:59

Representative Mike Honda recently introduced Viral Hepatitis and Liver Cancer Control and Prevention Act of 2009.

The bill has support from various politicians, both Democrats and Republicans, that addresses a national problem infecting many Americans with the diseases.

According to the National AIDS Treatment Advocacy Project (NATAP), hepatitis b infects 1.25 million Americans, half of whom as Asian Americans.


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Shedding Light on Hepatitis B

Thu, 08/13/2009 - 17:17

At the Boston World Trade Center, Gilead Sciences hosted a lunch at the annual Asian American Journalists Association convention called The Hidden Truth: Hepatitis B and the Asian American Community.  While many attendees were drawn in by the promise of free food, it was an informative event presenting some alarming medical facts that still seem to be relatively unknown, or simply not addressed, in many Asian communities:

•    Half of all people in the United States with chronic Hepatitis B are Asian.