NASTAD and The AIDS Institute are excited to host the third annual Hepatitis Community Collaborative (HC2)!
HC2 is a one-day virtual convening of hepatitis and infectious disease advocates and patients from across the country to connect with each other and learn about what jurisdictions are doing to combat viral hepatitis in their communities through informative presentations and authentic dialogue. Best of all, it’s FREE!
Presentations will include hepatitis elimination strategies and how a syndemic approach must be taken that incorporates responses to the viral hepatitis epidemics, overdose prevention, lessons learned from COVID-19, and other public health efforts. Additional barriers to advancing hepatitis elimination will also be examined, including criminalization of hepatitis and drug use, discrimination and stigma concerns, treatment access issues in correctional settings, vaccination barriers, and health inequities.
NASTAD’s Hepatitis Testing Partnership and Learning Collaborative (HTPLC) will also highlight their ongoing initiatives focused on building the capacity of health departments and their partners and engaging coalition members to share lessons learned, best practices and strategies to increase testing and linkage to care for hepatitis C in priority populations.