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Several webinars, videos and trainings are available to support the learning needs of different audiences engaged in the national response to viral hepatitis.
Webinars
Federal Implementation of Updated Viral Hepatitis Screening and Vaccination Recommendations
Time and Location: May 30, 2023
On March 10th, 2023, CDC released a MMWR to update the recommendations for screening and testing for hepatitis B virus for all adults aged 18 years and older . View the webinar held by the Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy (OIDP) on May 30, 2023, from 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. EST on the federal implementation of these new recommendations. Federal partners shared lessons learned from the implementation of the updated hepatitis C screening recommendations in 2020. The session also provided an update on the implementation of universal hepatitis B vaccination guidelines and how hepatitis B screening and vaccination recommendations will be integrated. Speakers included representatives from BOP, CDC, HRSA, IHS, SAMHSA, and VA.
Federal Implementation of the Updated Adult Hepatitis B Vaccination Recommendations
Time and Location: May 23, 2022
This year Hepatitis Awareness Month coincided with the release of the Universal Adult Hepatitis B Vaccination recommendations. View the webinar held on May 23, 2022 from 2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. to learn how agencies plan to implement the new recommendations to increase vaccination uptake in the United States. Speakers included representatives from OIDP, CDC, CMS, HRSA, IHS, SAMHSA, and VA.
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Webinar 3: Syringe Services Programs – The Essential Roles of Non-Governmental and Community-Based Organizations
November 21, 2019
View this November 2019 webinar, the final webinar in this series, which highlights different ways in which non-governmental organizations are sponsoring or supporting community-based syringe service programs (SSPs) to help combat the opioid crisis and prevent the spread of infectious disease linked to injection drug use.
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Webinar 2: Syringe Services Programs – State and Local Perspectives on the Role of Policy, Funding, and Partnerships
September 16, 2019
View this September 2019 webinar, the second in this series, which features examples from state government showcasing effective implementation of SSPs through policy and practice. Presenters highlight experiences in gaining statewide support and community buy-in, crafting policy and bringing it to practice, and building strong partnerships with local communities to support SSP growth.
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Webinar 1: Syringe Service Programs – A Critical Public Health Intervention
July 30, 2019
This July 2019 webinar examines SSPs, which are an important community-based prevention program that can save lives, combat the nation’s opioid crisis, reduce the transmission of HIV and hepatitis C, and support individuals in accessing treatment services for substance use disorder/opioid use disorder. Speakers include leaders from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
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Hidden Casualties: National Partners' Response to the Opioid Epidemic & Infectious Diseases – Part 2
March 8, 2018
The HHS Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy hosted the second of the two webinars, Hidden Casualties: National Partners' Response to the Opioid Epidemic & Infectious Diseases that discussed the impact of the opioid crisis on infectious diseases and shared examples of what national and local partners are doing to respond. Participating organizations included the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA), National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD), National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC), and National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable (NVHR).
Hidden Casualties: National Partners' Response to the Opioid Epidemic & Infectious Diseases – Part 1
February 22, 2018
The Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Diseases Policy hosted two webinars that follow the themes introduced last October during the first Hidden Casualties event. The continuation of this series, Hidden Casualties: National Partners' Response to the Opioid Epidemic & Infectious Diseases webinars discussed the impact of the opioid crisis on infectious diseases and shared examples of what national and local partners are doing to respond. Participating organizations included the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), and National Governors Association (NGA).
Healthcare Provider Training Resources
As part of implementing the Viral Hepatitis Plan, several federal agencies have produced and disseminated training and tools for healthcare providers to support them in preventing, diagnosing and treating viral hepatitis.
CDC Resources
- CDC Public Health Grand Rounds – Working Together to Eliminate the Threat of Hepatitis B and C
- Viral Hepatitis Serology Online Training: Hepatitis A–E - Online educational opportunities covering a broad array of topics related to prevention, management, and treatment of viral hepatitis that award free CME/CNE credits
SAMHSA Resources
HCV Current
This national initiative among the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s Addiction Technology Transfer Center Regional Centers aims to increase HCV knowledge among medical and behavioral health professionals, especially staff at federally qualified health centers.
Addiction Technology Transfer Center Resource Catalogue: Type in viral hepatitis to see a list of trainings
HRSA Resources
Resources on HIV & Viral Hepatitis Coinfection
Developed by the Health Resources and Services Administration’s AIDS Education and Training Centers National Resources Center, this resource compiles links to online resources for providers treating individuals with HIV-HCV coinfection including guidelines, slidesets, pocket guides, self-study materials and more.
HIV/HCV Co-infection: An AETC National Curriculum
The goal of this curriculum is to provide an evidence-based online curriculum for healthcare providers and trainers of healthcare providers to increase their knowledge on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) co-infection among people of color in the United States and its territories Topics covered include prevention, screening, diagnosis and treatment recommendations as well as barriers and other co-factors that may impede optimal treatment outcomes for co-infected people of color.
Department of Veterans Affairs Resources
Lessons, teaching guides, training resources on viral hepatitis available online.
American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) Resources
LiverLearning, a free, online CME course to help improve primary care physicians’ knowledge of hepatitis B and hepatitis C from the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease (AASLD)