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Snapshot From The Field

Watch this panel discussion with Hep B United partners about the work they’re doing on the ground, the challenges they’re facing in their communities, and the strategies they’re employing to ensure hepatitis B awareness, education, screening, vaccination, and treatment are reaching those who need it.

Universal Adult Hepatitis B Screening Is Here - Part I: What does it mean for providers?

Adult hepatitis B guidelines for screening and vaccination have shifted from risk-based to universal. What does that mean for providers? Join us to watch this webinar as panelists provide an overview of the new universal hepatitis B screening recommendations for adults, how they work with the new vaccination recommendation and lessons from groups working to implement these two guidelines.

Hepatitis B Screening, Prevention, & Management for African Immigrants in the US

In this webinar, the diverse panel of experts shared insights about the unique challenges faced in the United States by African immigrants and refugee communities in accessing appropriate diagnosis and care for hepatitis B. They also  discussed important strategies for reducing the spread of hepatitis B and addressing the epidemic in a holistic way.

Best Practices on HBV Universal Implementation

In this webinar, panelists provide best practices on their efforts to implement universal screening and vaccination within their communities, challenges they have faced, and the findings of a brand new Call-to-Action to eliminate hepatitis B through the new universal recommendations.

Hepatitis Can’t Wait: Using the Global Health Sector Strategy and its 2025 Targets to Drive Change

This video discusses an overview of the new GHSS, the five strategic directions, and the 2025 and 2030 targets. 

The progress countries have made to these goals and what needs to be done to achieve them.   

How community-based organizations and activists can use the GHSS and its targets for advocacy and to hold countries and health systems accountable to their commitments.  

Good practice examples of using the previous GHSS for advocacy and how countries have used GHSS in the planning and implementation of their national programmes.  

Expanding Access to Hepatitis C Prevention, Testing, and Treatment in Prisons

This packet of recommendations discusses how in October 2022, INHSU Prisons and the Coalition for Global Hepatitis Elimination (CGHE), Task Force for Global Health convened a workshop on the strategies for expanding access to hepatitis C virus (HCV) prevention, testing, and treatment in prison settings. During the workshop, barriers and recommendations to accelerating HCV elimination in prison settings were examined in four areas: 1) Policy, 2) Implementation, 3) Financing, and 4) Awareness.

HIV/HCV Co-infection Patient Engagement Tools for Providers

This video makes healthcare providers aware of the HIV/HCV co-infection patient engagement tools developed by the AETC Program, which helps providers who care for people co-infected with HIV & HCV stay engaged in their HCV care to achieve a sustained virologic response.

Advocating for the Integration of Viral Hepatitis Prevention and Treatment for People Who Use Drugs in PEPFAR COPs

The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) is the largest funding source for the HIV response globally, and this webinar was part of the "PEPFAR Watch" webinar series which brings together activists ahead of the Country Operational Plan (COP) planning process to champion community priorities and demands for PEPFAR.