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Click below to read the full article on statnews.com With cures in hand, a major city tries to eliminate hepatitis C — and build a model…
Pierre-Cédric CrouchTreating HCV at Magnet and the 6th Street Harm Reduction Center “We really don’t have many people left with hep C at Ward 86.” I…
Janelle SilvisAs members of GLIDE’s HIV & Hep C Harm Reduction Programs, the Hepatitis C navigators and I get the pleasure of being part of the…
How many people have hepatitis C in San Francisco? End Hep C SF estimates that approximately 22,000 residents of San Francisco have antibodies to HCV…
Katie Burk, MPH, is the viral hepatitis coordinator at the San Francisco Department of Public Health and is on the coordinating committee of End Hep C…
Eliminating Hepatitis C in San Francisco: Why Now? San Francisco is profoundly impacted by the hepatitis C virus (HCV), a chronic liver disease easily transmitted…
An article was published in The Economist examining our multi-stakeholder / multi-sector strategy for HCV elimination in San Francisco. Read the full article here. View…
An article was just published in The Bay Area Reporter, “13,000 San Franciscans have hep C, report says” “New estimates suggest that nearly 13,000 people…
Maya Yoshida-CervantesThe introduction of Hepatitis C Direct Acting Agents (DAA’s) has significantly altered the treatment paradigm. The combination of improved sustained viral response (SVR) rates, minimal…
NASTAD Highlights End Hep C SF In Their Chair’s Challenge
One autumn day I brought my children to work with me in the Tenderloin. We took the 38R down O’Farrell and jumped off between Jones…
Hepatitis C is a chronic condition for which a cure exists, but at a cost that is so high it often creates barriers to…
Jessica NaugleThe Street Medicine component of the San Francisco Department of Public Health is a small team of providers and nurses who provide healthcare for people…
EndHepC SF on the Front Page of the SF Chronicle! Date: February 20, 2017 Read the article here.
In 2007, when I joined the staff at the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) to coordinate HIV testing and prevention services in drug…
Jess LinTrans women have 49 times the odds of being HIV-positive than other adults, bearing a greater burden than any population in the world.[i] Access to…
Paulette WaltonOTOP located at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital is a highly respected and highly coveted safe environment, which our clients cherish and look to for…
Orlando ChavezI am a textbook baby boomer from the swinging sixties. I contracted hepatitis B in 1969 and odds are that that was when I also…
On July 28th, 2016, San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) Director Barbara Garcia stood at a podium on the steps of San Francisco City…