{"id":162,"date":"2020-03-05T16:41:43","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T16:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hepbunited.org\/blog\/?p=162"},"modified":"2020-03-05T16:42:51","modified_gmt":"2020-03-05T16:42:51","slug":"hepatitis-b-foundation-and-chipo-releases-new-african-know-hepatitis-b-materials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hepbunited.org\/blog\/hepatitis-b-foundation-and-chipo-releases-new-african-know-hepatitis-b-materials\/","title":{"rendered":"CDC, Hepatitis B Foundation, and CHIPO Release New African Know Hepatitis B Materials"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In the U.S., African immigrants are disproportionately impacted by hepatitis B, with 5 to 18 percent of African immigrants estimated to be living with chronic hepatitis B and at increased risk of liver disease, liver cancer, and death.<\/p>\n

As an extension of the Know Hepatitis B Campaign<\/em>, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in partnership with the Hepatitis B Foundation and the Coalition Against Hepatitis for People of African Origin (CHIPO)<\/a> has released new educational materials focused on African immigrant communities.<\/p>\n

Resources include a digital self-guided PowerPoint for community health workers; a printable flipchart for face-to-face community education; informational fact sheets; resources for locating hepatitis B testing; and a digital resource toolkit featuring #justB storytelling videos.<\/p>\n

Access the materials here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the U.S., African immigrants are disproportionately impacted by hepatitis B, with 5 to 18 percent of African immigrants estimated to be living with chronic hepatitis B and at increased risk of liver disease, liver cancer, and death. As an extension of the Know Hepatitis B Campaign, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) … <\/p>\n

Continue reading CDC, Hepatitis B Foundation, and CHIPO Release New African Know Hepatitis B Materials<\/span> →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hepbunited.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hepbunited.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hepbunited.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hepbunited.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hepbunited.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.hepbunited.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":170,"href":"https:\/\/www.hepbunited.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162\/revisions\/170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hepbunited.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hepbunited.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hepbunited.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}