PPT-LiveR x Study Eradicating Hepatitis C in Alberta

Cari Egan RN BN MSc PhD LiveRx Team Disclosures Commercial Support Disclosure This program is a research program and has received financial and inkind support from Abbvie and Gilead. 5 million to 2 million people died from the disease each year Global importance of the health condition today Smallpox has been eradicated from the globe with no new cases reported since 978 However the threat of bioterrorism keeps the danger of smal • Alberta • A • Alberta’s • Alberta’s • Alberta’s • Alberta • Alberta’s • 15,000 sector. • Forest Version) Ve Foundation for Faith Based Organizations. www.NYCHepBC.org. . Goals. To understand the liver and it’s role in the body. To understand liver health & disease. To understand Hepatitis C:. How it is Transmitted. Foundation for Faith Based Organizations. www.NYCHepBC.org. . Goals. To understand the liver and it’s role in the body. To understand liver health & disease. To understand Hepatitis C:. How it is Transmitted. Dr. Joanna Eveland, MS, MD. Clinical Chief for Special Populations, MNHC. O. bjectives. Understand recommendations for age cohort and risk based screening for Hepatitis C. Review strategies for health promotion and optimizing treatment readiness for HCV infected homeless individuals. HCV Baby Boomer Screening . and . Linkage to Care . Program. Conveying . the Urgency of . Baby . Boomer HCV . Testing. September 16, 2014. 1. How to Talk about Hepatitis C Testing. Camilla S. Graham, MD, MPH. Causes:. - infectious Hepatitis. : viral, Bacterial, Parasitic, and Helminthic. Autoimmune Hepatitis. Drug- and Toxin (Alcohol). Metabolic. infectious Hepatitis. Several clinical syndromes may develop following exposure to hepatitis viruses: . ASSOC. PROF. DR. INGRID MIRON. What is Viral Hepatitis ?. . Viral hepatitis is a systemic disease with primary inflammation of the liver by any one of a . heterogenous. group of . hepatotropic. viruses. A Webinar Hosted by. The National Harm Reduction Coalition. The National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS. The Coalition for Positive Health Empowerment . New York, New York . Thursday, July 26, 2013. Disease . in Alaska. Brian J McMahon. Medical Director: Liver Disease and Hepatitis Program: ANMC. Liver Disease in Alaska Natives. Liver Disease is the 10. th. leading cause of death in the US. Liver Disease is the 5. : inflammation of liver; presence of inflammatory cells in organ tissue. . Pathogenesis: Immune response.. Acute Viral Hepatitis. : symptoms last less than 6 months. Chronic Hepatitis. : Inflammation of liver for at least 6 months. Dr. . Vivek. Kr. Singh . Assistant Professor. Department of Veterinary Clinical Complex . UNIT-2. “Hepatitis refers to the degenerative and inflammatory process of liver characterized by jaundice, abdominal pain and nervous signs”. HCV TESTING – SCREENINGTesting should be initiated with an assay for serum antibody to HCV (anti-HCV). For those with reactive test results, the anti-HCV test should be followed by a con٠ In Indiana, the 10-year trend of hepatitis A decreased from 329 cases in 1997 to 33 cases in 2006. Many cases have unknown exposures, while some reported traveling internationally. In A in an element