April 2010 ~ NYC Viral Hepatitis Newsletter

NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene

Office of Viral Hepatitis Coordination



April 2010 ~ NYC Viral Hepatitis Newsletter



Contents

Upcoming Events

New Resources, Education & Training

Funding

News
Upcoming Events

§ The Hepatitis B Epidemic in AA and NHPI Communities: Impact & Community and Federal Responses. Webinar. April 6th (3-4 EST).

§ NYC HCV Task Force Advocacy Committee Meeting. April 8th (10 AM – 12). Harm Reduction Coalition ( 22 W. 27th Street , 5th Floor, New York , NY 10001 ). All are welcome to join.

§ Brooklyn Outreach Workers General Network Meeting. April 8th (2 PM - 4). SUNY Downstate Medical Center , Biotech Building . 760 Parkside Avenue , Room 206, Brooklyn . Contact: eammons@tpdomi.org or 718-360-8119.

§ Hepatitis B Coalition Meeting. April 15th, 3-5. Location TBD.

§ Harlem – Bronx Hepatitis C Task Force Meeting. April 20th (3 PM-5). North General Hospital – 1879 Madison Avenue New York , NY 10035 - 5th Floor Conference Room.

§ Brooklyn Hepatitis C Task Force Meeting. April 27th (2:30-4:30). Brooklyn Public Library: Pacific Branch ~ 25 Fourth Avenue , Brooklyn , 11217 – 2nd Floor.

§ Queens Hepatitis C Task Force Meeting now a sub-group of the monthly Queens Consortium on Substance Abuse & Alcoholism Committee. April 21st (3 PM-5). Queens Borough Hall 120-55 Queens Blvd , Queens , NY 11415 ~ Room 213.

§ Navigating Medicaid & Medicare: Hepatitis B & C Special Issues 2 Part Training: 2nd day is April 12th. 26 Federal Plaza, Manhattan , 10278. HCV Task Force & HBV Coalition Project in partnership with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). To register: Frank.Winter@cms.hhs.gov.

§ Chronic Hepatitis B : Clinical Applications of Guidelines for Optimal Treatment Practices. Common Ground CME. April 27th (6:30-8:30) Dinner Program with speaker Paul Martin, MD. To register contact: aweinstein@contacthmc.com.

§ 1st Annual Peer Delivered Syringe Exchange Worker Conference. April, 29th 2010 (9-5). Open to Peer Delivered Syringe Exchange Workers and Harm Reduction focused Peer Health Educators. To register, contact: ellendon@harmreduction.org.

May is Viral Hepatitis Awareness Month! Plan an awareness event at your organization! See online Hepatitis Awareness Day Toolkit

§ World Hepatitis Day! May 19th 2010. 1 in 12 people in the world is living with hepatitis B or C.

§ Rally on Capitol Hill for World Hepatitis Day. Organized by NVHR. May 19th @ noon.

§ Disability Workshops on Fundamentals of Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. Provided by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Part 1 – May 14th, 8:30 AM – 1:30 PM. Part 2 – June 25th, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM. 26 Federal Plaza, New York , New York 1027. To Register contact: Frank.Winter@cms.hhs.gov

§ Liver Life Walk. American Liver Foundation. June 6th, Battery Park City . This is a beautiful event to participate in together as a group in order to generate awareness and celebrate our work! Join the NYC Viral Hepatitis Task Force Team!

§ Patient Support Groups ~ Hepatitis B & C. See Online Listing ~ Groups listed throughout five boroughs, as well as computer and telephone groups.

Out of NY

§ Preventing Hepatitis and STDs in MSM Communities Training. New Jersey Department of Health. April 27, 2010 (8:30am-4pm) Voorhees , NJ or May 26, 2010 (8:30am-4pm) Livingston , NJ .

§ 6th International HIV and Hepatitis Co-infection Workshop. May 31st – June 2nd. Tel Aviv , Israel . Virology Education.

§ 5th International Workshop on Hepatitis C, Resistance and New Compounds. June 24-25th, 2010. Boston .

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New Resources

§ NYS DOH Hepatitis C Media Campaign Materials – Posters and other printed material available to order.

§ The World Hepatitis Alliance (WHA) has developed campaign materials for World Hepatitis Day 2010 in many different languages.

§ Syringes, Law and Harm Reduction Podcast. NYS Association of Chiefs of Police (NYSACOP) and Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) in collaboration with the AIDS Institutes Harm Reduction Unit.

§ Hepatitis C Stories Blog. HCV Advocate Betty Vega is collecting personal stories about HCV.

§ Harm reduction psychotherapy: Extending the reach of traditional substance use treatment. (2003). Tatarsky, A. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment. Available in English, Spanish and Chinese language.

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Education & Training

§ Harm Reduction Coalition NYC Spring 2010 Training Calendar

§ Clinical Care Options – Online Education HBV & HCV (CME)

§ Webinar: Media 101 - How to Tell Your Story Effectively - and Enjoy Doing It. National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable (NVHR) & NASTAD. Strategies for developing effective media messaging and working with the media.

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Funding

$ Hepatitis C Treatment Expansion Initiative - Evaluation and Technical Assistance Center. Deadline 5/3/10.

$ Alliance Healthcare Foundation: General Fund Announcement.

$ Drug Policy Foundation: General Fund Announcement.

$ Faith in Action: Replication of the Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers Program.

$ J.M. Kaplan Fund: General Fund Announcement.

$ Frances L. and Edwin L. Cummings Memorial Fund: General Fund Announcement.

$ Frank E. Payne and Seba B. Payne Foundation: General Fund Announcement.

$ Merck Family Fund: General Fund Announcement.

$ Hoffmann-La Roche Funding Opportunities.

$ NYS Recovery Funding Handbook

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News

§ For Drug Users, Coalition Serves as Voice in Albany. New York Times article featuring VOCAL, NY Users Union.

§ Johnson Urges More Hepatitis Funding

§ HCV Therapy Fails in Many Urban Patients (CME/CE)

§ SIR: Microspheres Promising in Liver Cancer CME

§ New Health Department Report Shows that Drug Overdose Deaths Have Declined

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Nirah Johnson, LMSW ~ Community Projects Specialist

Office of Viral Hepatitis Coordination ~ NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene

125 Worth Street, Room 326. New York , NY 10013 ~ (212) 341-0432 ~ njohnso2@health.nyc.gov

Office of Viral Hepatitis Coordination Website

NYC Hepatitis B Coalition Website

NYC Hepatitis C Task Force Google Group