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- Subaru Hep B Hero Mobile Drops...
Excelsior Health Services
Tuesday, August 24 at 12:30pm - An Evening to Celebrate Hep B...
Regency Grand Ballroom
Thursday, September 16 at 6:00pm - Get A FREE Hep B Screening at...
Asian and Pacific Islander Wellness...
Friday, September 24 at 3:00pm
San Francisco Hep B Free SAVE THE DATE: An Evening to Celebrate Hep B Free - Coast to Coast: Thursday, September 16, 2010
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San Francisco Hep B Free
Seeking Volunteers to Walk in the Pistahan Parade on August 14, 2010 in San Francisco
Assemblywoman Fiona Ma and the Subaru Hep B mobile will be participating in the parade. We need your help for the San Francisco Hep B Free contingent. Please ask friends or family members to take part of the parade. We need at leas...t ten volunteers, however more people would be better. For more information, please contact Carrolyn Kubota at 415.373.4003 or via email at ckubota@awfoundation.com.
San Francisco Hep B Free
3rd Annual Hep B Free Gala
Featuring:
Nobel Laureate
Dr. Baruch BlumBerg
...Philadelphia, PA
Dr. Baruch Blumberg won the 1976 Nobel Prize in Medicine for identifying the Hepatitis B virus. Dr. Blumberg also developed the first safe and effective vaccine for hepatitis B.
AND
Hep B Pioneer
Chinese Hospital
San Francisco, CA
Chinese Hospital was the first institution in U.S. to do community screening for Hepatitis B, and it is the only hospital in America dedicated to serving the Chinese American community.
WHEN:
Thursday, September 16, 2010
6:00 pm Cocktail Reception | 7:00 pm Dinner
Regency Grand Ballroom | 1290 Sutter Street |
San Francisco, CA 94109
Hep B Free Presenting Super Hero: $50,000
Hep B Free Champion: $15,000
Hep B Free Hero Team: $7,000
Dinner Sponsor: $2,500
Individual Ticket: $150
INFO: Carrolyn Kubota, ckubota@awfoundation.com or 415-373-4003
Some Hep B facts:
Hepatitis B is the greatest cause of liver cancer in the world.
Liver cancer is the greatest health disparity between Asian Pacific Islander and Caucasians.
34% of San Francisco’s population is of Asian descent.
San Francisco has the highest rate of liver cancer in the U.S.
There are effective treatments and a vaccine available toward Hep B disease.
Thursday, September 16, 2010 at 6:00pm
Regency Grand Ballroom, San Francisco, CA
San Francisco Hep B Free SAVE THE DATE: An Evening to Celebrate Hep B Free Coast to Coast: Thursday September 16, 2010 at the Regency Grand Ballroom. For more info, contact Carrolyn Kubota, ckubota@awfoundation.com
by Chris Santiago | Change.org"In the Asian-American family, usually parents don't want to discuss if they have diseases," Albert Ng recently told NPR while attending San Francisco's Asian Heritage Street Fair. "They just want to discuss the good stuff, but never discuss the weak
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San Francisco HepBfree Campaign serves as model for Philadelphia HepBfree:
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ABC7's Emmy award-winning public affairs show, "Beyond the Headlines," provides in-depth coverage of the topics and issues facing the people of the Bay Area. Throughout the year, "Beyond the Headlines" airs half-hour specials on issues, ranging from Bay Area housing to same-sex m
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By John Lin | 8Asians.com | Tuesday, May 11, 2010 Recently, the San Francisco Hepatitis B Free Campaign launched a new controversial and in-your-face print, billboard and television advertising campaign in the Bay Area called "Which One Deserves to Die." San Francisco has the hig
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May 19, 2010 | Features, Happenings, Lifestyle, Mind & BodyWe told you about the need to get screened for Hepatitis B in our post about San Francisco Hep B Free’s newest ad campaign, "Which One Deserves to Die?".SF Hep B Free's newest campaign against hepatitis B.Well, today is W
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May 11, 2:02 | " target="_">SF Sexual Health Examiner | Jennifer GunterMay is hepatitis B awareness month - more than 400 million people worldwide are infected with this virus. Hepatitis B can be acquired by sexual contact (hepatitis B is 100 times more infectious than HIV), by s
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Assemblywoman Fiona Ma was interviewed on Sirius Satellite Radio. The program, "Doctor Radio" featured Ma and and Dr. John Ward, Director of the Division of Viral Hepatitis at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The program aired from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. PDT on SIRIUS ch
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San Francisco Hep B Free Ad sighting on the #47 going up Van Ness Avenue, taken by Will Caparas and contributed by Aristotle Garcia who is featured in the ad!
KCBS' Holly Quan reports one in ten Asian Americans is infected with the Hep B virus which is widespread in many Asian countries especially China. (6/7; :53)Click on the image for audio:
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This article appeared on page A - 1 of the San Francisco ChronicleErin Allday, Chronicle Staff WriterMonday, June 7, 2010San Francisco public health officials and Asian community leaders are trying to eradicate hepatitis B from the city - a tall order, considering the city has th
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