NY Hepatitis C March, May 18, 2006

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JOIN US MAY 18 for the SECOND HEPATITIS C MARCH to CITY HALL PARK

 

LET'S FIGHT HEPATITIS C!

 

F A C T S

 

According to the AASLD the number of U.S. residents infected with HCV is

approximately five million.1

 

An estimated 300,000 people in the U.S. are co-infected with both HIV

and HCV. 2

 

Hepatitis C is a disease that effects an estimated 342,000 New Yorkers.

3

 

HCV infection is more prevalent in the African American population than

in any other racial group in the United States. 4

 

Study Finds Hispanics Appear to Have Worse HCV Disease. 5

 

 

 

Thursday, May 18, 2006

Battery Park

Registration: 9:30 - 11:30 AM

March Begins at Noon

 

Register Now For LOLA's Second NYC HCV Awareness March to reserve your

free t-shirt!

http://www.statuscunknown.com/lolaregformengli.html

 

Registrese ahora para La Segunda Marcha de Hepatitis C en la ciudad de

Nueva York para reservar su camiseta gratis ...

http://www.statuscunknown.com/lolaregistration.html

 

 

PLEASE POST WIDELY!

 

 

1 American Associaton for the Study of Liver Disease (AASLD) Conference,

November 11, 2005.

2. http://www.thebody.com/sfaf/winter03/coinfection.html#twin

3. New York State Department of Health

http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/hepatitis/strategic/exec.htm.

4. Clinical Infectious Diseases Jan 1, 2006;42:82-91Brian L. Pearlman;

Center for Hepatitis C, Atlanta Medical Center, Medical College of

Georgia, and Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.

5. Journal of Viral Hepatitis; Volume 13 Page 116  - February 2006. 6