May is Hepatitis Awareness Month, Women’s Health Month and Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! Join Hep B United for a presentation on the management of hepatitis B infection during pregnancy and postpartum. Nearly 300 million people around the world, including up to 2.4 million in the United States, are living with chronic hepatitis B infection. Perinatal, or mother-to-child transmission, is the primary mode of hepatitis B transmission globally and among foreign-born communities in the United States. An estimated 25,000 infants are born to mothers positive for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) in the U.S. each year.

Featured speaker, Dr. Amy Shen Tang, Director of Immigrant Health at Northeast Medical Services in San Francisco, CA, will provide an overview of perinatal hepatitis B transmission and share the development of Hep B Moms, a program focused on education, prevention of transmission and care and treatment of pregnant persons living with hepatitis B.