Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection affects more than 290 million persons globally and up to 2.2 million persons in the United States. Living with HBV infection can mean living with stigma and facing discrimination. Stigma related to hepatitis B is often caused by low levels of public and health care provider awareness, fear, and misconceptions about the disease. Discriminatory practices that affect health care students with HBV infection may include unjustified denial of school admission or enrollment, restriction of clinical training, or dismissal from an academic program. Given substantial progress in HBV research and treatment in recent decades, it is important to address discriminatory policies that affect health care students.

Please join Hep Free Hawai'i, ACLU of Hawai'i, National Task Force on Hepatitis B: Focus on AAPIs, Hep B United, and Hepatitis B Foundation to address hepatitis B discrimination among health care students. Dr. Chari Cohen, Vice President of the Hepatitis B Foundation and Taylor Mangan, University of California President's Public Service Law Fellow at ACLU of Hawai'i will discuss hepatitis B related institutional discrimination against health care students, current protections and recommendations in place to protect health care students from discrimination.

Registration Link: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/6183699983883977996