The Asian Liver Center is hosting the 1st Annual Team HBV Collegiate Conference at Stanford University in November. The Conference brings together US and China Team HBV Chapters to provide a forum for Team HBV chapters to share ideas.
HM Lui Lecture: "Hepatitis B and Aflatoxin: A Conspiracy for Liver Cancer in China" by Dr. John Groopman, PhD, Professor and Chair of the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Lecture held on Tues, Nov. 10, 2009 at Munzer Hall, Beckman Building, at Stanford, in partnership with the Stanford SOM, Stanford Cancer Center and NCCC. |
Congress Introduces Liver Cancer Control Bill:
To address the issue of HBV and HCV in America, Congressman Mike Honda recently re-introduced the Viral Hepatitis and Liver Cancer Prevention and Control Act of 2009 (HR 3974). View the official press release here.
Call To Action:
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Congresswoman Jackie Speier, and other officials gathered to talk about chronic hepatitis B and the SF Hep B Free campaign. Pelosi highlighted community-based collaborative efforts towards eliminating hepatitis B disease and liver cancer. To view more videos from the press conference, click here. |
Pelosi's Call To Action: "The hepatitis B virus is preventable and treatable, yet too many in the Asian American Pacific Islander community across the country suffer from the disease…We must protect everyone from hepatitis B."
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Hepatitis B Screenings and Vaccinations every first and third Saturday of the month at Asian Americans for Community Involvement (AACI), 10 AM-1PM, 2400 Moorpark Avenue, San Jose. $30 for Screening and Vaccination. Next Screening on December 5, 2009! More information here. |
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The 7th Annual Youth Leadership Conference (YLC) on Asian and Pacific Islander Health (Aug. 2009) was a great success. Pictures, students videos are now available on the YLC portion of the website.
Highlight: A student video clip about HBV and youth action:
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At the Clinton Global Initiative Meeting in Hong Kong on December 2, 2008, the ZeShan Foundation announced its generous commitment to APAVH. View Clinton Foundation Press Release. View Commitment to Action. APAVH, an unprecedented alliance to eradicate HBV, was officially launched on Nov. 2, 2008 in San Francisco.
The ALC recently met with the WHO Western Pacific Regional Office to discuss APAVH goals and action items. |
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The greatest health disparity between Asian Americans and white Americans is the prevalence of chronic hepatitis B infection and the high incidence of liver cancer, 80% of which is caused by chronic hepatitis B infection. One in 10 Asian and Pacific Islander (API) Americans have chronic hepatitis B infection compared with 1 in 1,000 of Caucasian Americans.
In May 2001, the Asian Liver Center launched the Jade Ribbon Campaign in the San Francisco Bay Area to spread awareness about hepatitis B and liver cancer in the Asian community.
The objective of the campaign is to increase awareness and provide ethnic-sensitive health information to the API community and health professionals in an effort to reduce this major health disparity and improve API health.
Considered to be the essence of heaven and earth, Jade is believed in many Asian cultures to bring good luck and longevity while deflecting negativity. Folded like the Chinese character meaning "person" or "people," the Jade Ribbon symbolizes the united voices of those fighting hepatitis B and liver cancer worldwide. Learn more about the Jade Ribbon Campaign.
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Last Updated: November 6, 2009
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