Hepatitis Testing Day – May 19

CDC’s Know More Hepatitis campaign was officially announced on World Hepatitis Day, July 28th, 2011 at a special White House event to release the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ Combating the Silent Epidemic of Viral Hepatitis: Action Plan for the Prevention, Care & Treatment of Viral Hepatitis. The plan calls for a national education campaign to educate people about viral hepatitis and encourage people to get tested. As part of this educational initiative, May 19th has been designated as a national “Hepatitis Testing Day” in the United States.
The CDC will use the first ever Hepatitis Testing Day on May 19, 2012 as an opportunity to remind health care providers and the public who should be tested for chronic viral hepatitis. Millions of Americans have chronic viral hepatitis; most of them do not know they are infected.

Hepatitis Testing Day Events. Help us build our hepatitis testing resources by registering your Hepatitis Testing Day event

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Featured Poster

Assistant Secretary for Health Dr. Howard Koh
is featured on our new poster

[PDF - 1 page].

Know More Hepatitis Campaign. Learn more about CDC’s upcoming campaign at http://www.cdc.gov/KnowMoreHepatitis/

Twitter. Follow CDC’s Division of Viral Hepatitis @CDChep

. Share information on Twitter about how you’re taking action for Hepatitis Testing Day, use the hashtag #HTD.
Please join @CDChep on Thursday, May 17th at 12:00 PM EST for a live Twitterview with @CDCNPIN and @CDC_DrFenton. Dr. Fenton, the Director of the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, will be discussing the first ever Hepatitis Testing Day, available resources, and the new Hepatitis Risk Assessment.

Resources

Buttons, Radio PSA scripts and other resources for Hepatitis Testing Day and Awareness Month

Chronic Hepatitis B

Resources for Health Professionals
http://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/HBV/TestingChronic.htm

Patient information about testing
http://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/HBV/PDFs/HepBAtRisk.pdf

[PDF - 2 pages]

Chronic Hepatitis C

Resources for Health Professionals
http://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/HCV/Management.htm

Patient information about testing
http://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/HCV/PDFs/HepCTesting-Diagnosis.pdf

[PDF - 2 pages]

HHS Plan

Combating the Silent Epidemic of Viral Hepatitis: Action Plan for the Prevention, Care & Treatment of Viral Hepatitis
http://www.hhs.gov/ash/initiatives/hepatitis/actionplan_viralhepatitis2011.pdf

[PDF - 84 pages]