Hepatitis C Educators workshop at Wilcox Hospital

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Hepatitis C Educators workshop at Wilcox Hospital

By The Garden Island

Published: Thursday, November 27, 2008

THE GARDEN ISLAND

Malama Pono in partnership with the state Department of Health, Kaua‘i Medical

Clinic, Wilcox Memorial Hospital and the Hepatitis C Support Project of San

Francisco presents the Hepatitis C Educators workshop from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,

Dec. 12, at Wilcox Hospital conference rooms B & C, a news release states.

Instructor Alan Franciscus has designed this all-day workshop for any person

concerned about or working with Kaua‘i’s estimated 1,500 residents living with

Hepatitis C. A complete overview of the disease, its health implications and

medical treatments, whether traditional or complementary, will be presented.

Successful participants will be awarded certification as a Hepatitis C Educator

and would be prepared to guide and educate persons infected with the Hepatitis C

virus. Six hours of continuing education credit will also be awarded to

substance abuse counselors. The workshop is free and includes lunch plus morning

and afternoon refreshments.

Malama Pono’s mission is to stop the spread of this disease and even eliminate

it, if possible. It’s a blood borne virus that is responsible for much of the

liver failure and liver cancer on Kaua‘i.

According to Whiticar, branch chief of the Department of Health STD/AIDS

division, “chronic infectious hepatitis is the leading cause of liver cancer of

which Hawai‘i has the highest rate in the nation. The rate of hepatitis

C-related deaths in Hawai‘i is expected to triple in the next 10 years. A cure

for the disease was announced in late 2007, but not all patients are good

candidates for therapy. In addition, it appears that nearly 900 of those

infected with Hepatitis C on Kaua‘i don’t even know they carry the virus.”

The Hepatitis C Educator workshop is one in the series of Dr. Jimmy Yoon’s

Infectious Disease Seminars being presented to Kaua‘i’s medical and lay

community throughout 2008 and 2009.

For more information or registration forms prior to the Dec. 10 deadline,

contact Malama Pono Executive Director D.Q. at 246-9577 or e-mail

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http://www.kauaiworld.com/articles/2008/11/27/news/kauai_news/doc492e32bf9e3e794\

5457963.txt

Hepatitis C Educators workshop at Wilcox Hospital

By The Garden Island

Published: Thursday, November 27, 2008

THE GARDEN ISLAND

Malama Pono in partnership with the state Department of Health, Kaua‘i Medical

Clinic, Wilcox Memorial Hospital and the Hepatitis C Support Project of San

Francisco presents the Hepatitis C Educators workshop from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,

Dec. 12, at Wilcox Hospital conference rooms B & C, a news release states.

Instructor Alan Franciscus has designed this all-day workshop for any person

concerned about or working with Kaua‘i’s estimated 1,500 residents living with

Hepatitis C. A complete overview of the disease, its health implications and

medical treatments, whether traditional or complementary, will be presented.

Successful participants will be awarded certification as a Hepatitis C Educator

and would be prepared to guide and educate persons infected with the Hepatitis C

virus. Six hours of continuing education credit will also be awarded to

substance abuse counselors. The workshop is free and includes lunch plus morning

and afternoon refreshments.

Malama Pono’s mission is to stop the spread of this disease and even eliminate

it, if possible. It’s a blood borne virus that is responsible for much of the

liver failure and liver cancer on Kaua‘i.

According to Whiticar, branch chief of the Department of Health STD/AIDS

division, “chronic infectious hepatitis is the leading cause of liver cancer of

which Hawai‘i has the highest rate in the nation. The rate of hepatitis

C-related deaths in Hawai‘i is expected to triple in the next 10 years. A cure

for the disease was announced in late 2007, but not all patients are good

candidates for therapy. In addition, it appears that nearly 900 of those

infected with Hepatitis C on Kaua‘i don’t even know they carry the virus.”

The Hepatitis C Educator workshop is one in the series of Dr. Jimmy Yoon’s

Infectious Disease Seminars being presented to Kaua‘i’s medical and lay

community throughout 2008 and 2009.

For more information or registration forms prior to the Dec. 10 deadline,

contact Malama Pono Executive Director D.Q. at 246-9577 or e-mail

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