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Hepatitis C Epidemic-
USA Public Health Response
 

REPORTS:

1994 FDA's Role in Regulating and Protecting the Nation's Blood Supply

2000 Surgeon General David Satcher Letter to the American People They Never Received

2000 U.S. Public Health Strategy  Press Conference- dealing with the Hepatitis C epidemic-Why the letter was never sent

1998 Search On To Find Hidden HCV in U.S. Dr. C. Everett Koop-... high risk are average people - middle-aged ... babies... who served in Vietnam.. "For too long it has been characterized as a disease confined to intravenous drug users...

Why Integration Does Not and Will Not Work- From 2004-2009, over 140,000 notification letters were sent

11 International Hepatitis C Conference Hepatitis C- USA Public Health Response

2007 Public Health Rep. ; 122(Suppl 2): 99–101. ...NCHHSTP ...ensuring that funding agreements contain standard elements for integration and indicators to monitor program outcomes, with a clear intent to prioritize funding for programs that implement or follow these practices;

 

Page Highlights:
Press Conference- Surgeon General David Satcher Declares HCV an Epidemic
Reason for Letter:
Hepatitis C is a contagious epidemic that has spread at an alarming rate.
This letter will be in addition to the other efforts that already are taking place concerning Hepatitis C;
New Partnership between the Congress and the Surgeon Generals office to communicate with the American People about Hepatitis C
 

Who is at risk

  • Targeted Lookback- Blood banks, hospitals and other institutions are notifying Americans who received blood prior to June 1992
     
  • General education overseen the CDC to recognize other risk factors
     
  • Communication is a critical part of our public health strategy for dealing with the Hepatitis C epidemic.