Tomorrow! NYC Council Hearing: HIV/AIDS-Hepatitis Co-Infection (Jan 27th @ 1PM - 250 Broadway 14th floor committee room)

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Tomorrow! NYC Council Hearing: HIV/AIDS-Hepatitis Co-Infection (Jan 27th @ 1PM - 250 Broadway 14th floor committee room)

New York City Council, Committee on Health - Hearing

Oversight - HIV/AIDS - Hepatitis Co-Infection: Education, Prevention and Treatment

Thursday, January 27, 2011 at 1:00 pm

250 Broadway, New York, NY - 14th Floor Committee Room

Please send a representative from your organization to attend this public hearing in order to demonstrate the need to improve support for viral hepatitis service providers and patients in NYC!

Testimony will be provided by:

Patient Advocates

Jules Levin, Founder of NATAP – HIV/HCV Patient Ronni Marks, Support Group Facilitator – HCV Patient Graham Murray, on behalf of Joe York – HIV/HBV/Liver Cancer Patient Sims – HBV Patient

Community Organizations

, National Policy Director – Harm Reduction Coalition Edlin, MD – The Center for the Study of Hepatitis C, SUNY Downstate, The SWAN Project Lo, MPH – B Wang Community Health Center (Federally Qualified Health Center) Simona Kwon, DrPH – NYU B Free CEED: National Center of Excellence in the Elimination of Hepatitis B Disparities

NYC Department of Health

Sweeney, MD, MPH, Assistant Commissioner for the Bureau of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Rude, MSW, Director, Office of Viral Hepatitis Coordination

Whether or not you are attending…. Take action!

Please call your NYC Council Member and ask them to attend this important hearing.

· Find out who your NYC Council Member is: http://council.nyc.gov/html/members/members.shtml

· Call Script: “Hello, my name is ____________ and I live (or work) in your district. There is a NYC Council Committee on Health Hearing on Hepatitis & HIV on Thursday January 27th at 1PM. Hepatitis is an important issue to me because: ___________________ and it would mean a lot to me if you (or the Council Member) would attend this hearing. Thank you.”

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