Topic - Short Stay Populations: HCV Treatment and Linkage to Care Webinar

Description: Webinars will each feature presenter resources/tools, emerging research, lessons from the field, and regional best practices. Presentations will highlight successes, systems-level changes, and/or tangible steps for implementation.

This webinar will focus on the HCV continuum of care for short stay populations throughout incarceration and into re-entry. Presenters will share information on various programs, partnerships, and opportunities for the treatment and successful linkage to community HCV care for patients in the jail setting. Presenters will also outline unique challenges for HCV treatment in short stay populations.

Featuring HCV treatment, prevention, and linkage to care professionals. Attendees will learn strategies taken in different jail settings to address hepatitis C among the population.

Time: Dec 9, 2020 11:00 AM in Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Registration Link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jYIKSkXpR3Gh1aWLYJY-mQ

Presenters:

*Jane Crowe
Hepatitis C Program Manager, Knox County Public Health Department

*Lora Magaldi
Director of Viral Hepatitis Programs, Philadelphia FIGHT Community Health Centers

*Stacey Trooskin
Viral Hepatitis Department Manager, Philadelphia FIGHT Community Health Centers

*Chad Zawitz
Cemak Health Services Director of Infectious Diseases, Cook County Jail