{"id":130,"date":"2019-09-12T16:35:01","date_gmt":"2019-09-12T16:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hepbunited.org\/blog\/?p=130"},"modified":"2019-09-12T16:35:01","modified_gmt":"2019-09-12T16:35:01","slug":"hepatitis-b-foundation-calls-for-increased-resources-for-hepatitis-b-prevention-in-response-to-cdc-2017-surveillance-data-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hepbunited.org\/blog\/hepatitis-b-foundation-calls-for-increased-resources-for-hepatitis-b-prevention-in-response-to-cdc-2017-surveillance-data-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Hepatitis B Foundation Calls for Increased Resources for Hepatitis B Prevention in Response to CDC 2017 Surveillance Data Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Hepatitis B Foundation is calling for increased resources to improve hepatitis B vaccination rates and educate high-risk communities, in response to newly-released viral hepatitis surveillance data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). CDC released the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/hepatitis\/statistics\/2017surveillance\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2017 surveillance data<\/a> on September 10, showing an estimated 22,000 new acute hepatitis B cases, an increase over the previous year. Thirty-two states saw increases in reported acute hepatitis B, continuing an upward trend over the past several years, with the highest rates among non-Hispanic White adults age 40-49. These increases are likely driven by the opioid crisis as well as low vaccination rates among adults.<\/p>\n<p>CDC also reported that in 2017, there was a slight increase in overall mortality related to hepatitis B. Alarmingly, mortality rates increased for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI), who shoulder a disproportionate burden of chronic hepatitis B infection. The 2017 death rate for AAPIs was over 5 times higher compared to other groups. Non-Hispanic Blacks also had increased mortality related to hepatitis B, possibly due to high rates of chronic hepatitis B in African immigrant communities.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, only 25% of adults are protected from hepatitis B. Resources are needed to increase adult hepatitis B vaccination in the U.S., to prevent new cases of this serious liver infection.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe newly released data confirm that while we have made strides in preventing hepatitis B, the trend of increasing acute hepatitis B cases in the U.S. continues. It is critical that we address hepatitis B as a serious consequence of the opioid crisis, by increasing activities and resources to improve vaccination, and ensuring that providers and public health professionals working in high-risk communities include hepatitis B education, testing and vaccination as part of their programming,\u201d said Chari Cohen, DrPH, MPH, Senior Vice President at the Hepatitis B Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we work towards hepatitis B elimination in the U.S., we must not forget the communities impacted the most by chronic hepatitis B infection,\u201d said Kate Moraras, MPH, Senior Program Director, Hepatitis B Foundation. \u201cIt is disheartening to see continued disparities and increased deaths due to hepatitis B among AAPIs and African communities. We must improve hepatitis B testing and care for those chronically infected. Only through diagnosis, management and treatment can we save lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hepatitis B Foundation is calling for increased resources to improve hepatitis B vaccination rates and educate high-risk communities, in response to newly-released viral hepatitis surveillance data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). CDC released the 2017 surveillance data on September 10, showing an estimated 22,000 new acute hepatitis B cases, an &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hepbunited.org\/blog\/hepatitis-b-foundation-calls-for-increased-resources-for-hepatitis-b-prevention-in-response-to-cdc-2017-surveillance-data-report\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Hepatitis B Foundation Calls for Increased Resources for Hepatitis B Prevention in Response to CDC 2017 Surveillance Data Report<\/span> &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hepbunited.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hepbunited.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hepbunited.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hepbunited.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hepbunited.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.hepbunited.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131,"href":"http:\/\/www.hepbunited.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130\/revisions\/131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hepbunited.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hepbunited.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hepbunited.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}