Eye on Hep - Hep Team Atlanta

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CDC 06/16/06

GEORGIA: " Eye on Hep "

Southern Voice (Atlanta) (06.09.06):: Zack Hudson

For 10 weeks this summer in Atlanta, a team of volunteers will visit local

gay gathering places to answer basic questions about hepatitis A and B and

encourage men who have sex with men (MSM) to take advantage of the readily

available vaccines for both viruses.

The outreach is timely, said Hep Team National Coordinator Harold Levine.

" There hasn't been a large program [working for hepatitis prevention] here

for several years, so it all sort of came together, " he said. MSM need to

know they " are at an increased risk of what is a very preventable disease, "

he said, adding that for the past couple of years, the number of hepatitis A

and B cases among MSM has been increasing.

Hep Team Atlanta is working with the national program, AID Atlanta and the

Fulton and DeKalb county health departments on the effort. The team is

largely composed of AID Atlanta volunteers who have completed a two-hour

training course, said Raphael Holloway, prevention programs manager for the

agency.

" They're going to help create a buzz to increase community awareness that

there is a vaccine available for both hepatitis A and B, " Holloway said.

" They have information about where [people] can get the vaccine. "

At the Atlanta Pride festival held later this month, the orange-shirted Hep

Team Atlanta will set up a booth offering the first round of hepatitis A and

B vaccines.

Hep Team Atlanta will also educate gay men about sexual activities that can

be risk factors for hepatitis A and B transmission.

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CDC 06/16/06

GEORGIA: " Eye on Hep "

Southern Voice (Atlanta) (06.09.06):: Zack Hudson

For 10 weeks this summer in Atlanta, a team of volunteers will visit local

gay gathering places to answer basic questions about hepatitis A and B and

encourage men who have sex with men (MSM) to take advantage of the readily

available vaccines for both viruses.

The outreach is timely, said Hep Team National Coordinator Harold Levine.

" There hasn't been a large program [working for hepatitis prevention] here

for several years, so it all sort of came together, " he said. MSM need to

know they " are at an increased risk of what is a very preventable disease, "

he said, adding that for the past couple of years, the number of hepatitis A

and B cases among MSM has been increasing.

Hep Team Atlanta is working with the national program, AID Atlanta and the

Fulton and DeKalb county health departments on the effort. The team is

largely composed of AID Atlanta volunteers who have completed a two-hour

training course, said Raphael Holloway, prevention programs manager for the

agency.

" They're going to help create a buzz to increase community awareness that

there is a vaccine available for both hepatitis A and B, " Holloway said.

" They have information about where [people] can get the vaccine. "

At the Atlanta Pride festival held later this month, the orange-shirted Hep

Team Atlanta will set up a booth offering the first round of hepatitis A and

B vaccines.

Hep Team Atlanta will also educate gay men about sexual activities that can

be risk factors for hepatitis A and B transmission.

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CDC 06/16/06

GEORGIA: " Eye on Hep "

Southern Voice (Atlanta) (06.09.06):: Zack Hudson

For 10 weeks this summer in Atlanta, a team of volunteers will visit local

gay gathering places to answer basic questions about hepatitis A and B and

encourage men who have sex with men (MSM) to take advantage of the readily

available vaccines for both viruses.

The outreach is timely, said Hep Team National Coordinator Harold Levine.

" There hasn't been a large program [working for hepatitis prevention] here

for several years, so it all sort of came together, " he said. MSM need to

know they " are at an increased risk of what is a very preventable disease, "

he said, adding that for the past couple of years, the number of hepatitis A

and B cases among MSM has been increasing.

Hep Team Atlanta is working with the national program, AID Atlanta and the

Fulton and DeKalb county health departments on the effort. The team is

largely composed of AID Atlanta volunteers who have completed a two-hour

training course, said Raphael Holloway, prevention programs manager for the

agency.

" They're going to help create a buzz to increase community awareness that

there is a vaccine available for both hepatitis A and B, " Holloway said.

" They have information about where [people] can get the vaccine. "

At the Atlanta Pride festival held later this month, the orange-shirted Hep

Team Atlanta will set up a booth offering the first round of hepatitis A and

B vaccines.

Hep Team Atlanta will also educate gay men about sexual activities that can

be risk factors for hepatitis A and B transmission.

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CDC 06/16/06

GEORGIA: " Eye on Hep "

Southern Voice (Atlanta) (06.09.06):: Zack Hudson

For 10 weeks this summer in Atlanta, a team of volunteers will visit local

gay gathering places to answer basic questions about hepatitis A and B and

encourage men who have sex with men (MSM) to take advantage of the readily

available vaccines for both viruses.

The outreach is timely, said Hep Team National Coordinator Harold Levine.

" There hasn't been a large program [working for hepatitis prevention] here

for several years, so it all sort of came together, " he said. MSM need to

know they " are at an increased risk of what is a very preventable disease, "

he said, adding that for the past couple of years, the number of hepatitis A

and B cases among MSM has been increasing.

Hep Team Atlanta is working with the national program, AID Atlanta and the

Fulton and DeKalb county health departments on the effort. The team is

largely composed of AID Atlanta volunteers who have completed a two-hour

training course, said Raphael Holloway, prevention programs manager for the

agency.

" They're going to help create a buzz to increase community awareness that

there is a vaccine available for both hepatitis A and B, " Holloway said.

" They have information about where [people] can get the vaccine. "

At the Atlanta Pride festival held later this month, the orange-shirted Hep

Team Atlanta will set up a booth offering the first round of hepatitis A and

B vaccines.

Hep Team Atlanta will also educate gay men about sexual activities that can

be risk factors for hepatitis A and B transmission.

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