10/27 Hepatitis Symposium has add additional Seating & TeleConferencing to W. Ha

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10/27 Hepatitis Symposium has add additional Seating & TeleConferencing to W. Ha

Please announce, forward and post this Flyer.

1) Our FREE Hepatitis Symposium at the Queens Conference Center this Sat. has opened additional seating for those of you who have not registered yet!

TeleConferencing has also been added and is now available for this very important Symposium since many people on our neighbor island are also infected and are often in an area where there is no one who is treating hepatitis B or C in that area.

2) TeleConference link & seating available through West Hawaii Community Health Center, Kailua Kona (call Jasmine, 808- 326-5629 ext 223) or Shriners Hospital on Oahu (call Jana, 808-951-3637). TeleConference site & linkups are responsible for any fees involved.

3) For Media, please call Dr. Alan Tice, 808-373-3488.

Mahalo,Ken Akinaka, MRAHepatitis Prevention, Education, Treatment & Support Network of Hawai`i

VIRAL HEPATITIS

The SILENT EPIDEMIC

Saturday, October 27, 2007

8 AM to 4 PM

Queens Conference Center

501 South Beretania Street

Honolulu, Hawaii 96813

You are invited to attend a symposium to discuss the problems we face with viral hepatitis in Hawaii. National experts will speak about evaluation and therapy. The program will also include people with personal knowledge, experience and expertise with viral hepatitis – from personal to professional perspectives. They will each present the unique problems they face, their responses, and the solutions they found.

Topics include epidemiology, screening, diagnosis, liver disease, therapies, research, reimbursement, vaccines, and the future.

Speakers: Drs. Carroll Leevy, Jao, Haning, ph Humphry, Kay Bauman, Tarquin Collis, Withers, Alan Tice, Neal Palafox, and,

iliana Stark, ARNP, Ken Akinaka, and

Join us to understand the breadth and depth and consequences of viral hepatitis in our community and help us work together with the presenters and attendees to identify ways to control this infection and stop its spread.

The symposium will be provided at no charge to health care workers and concerned citizens. The Hepatitis Support Network of Hawaii, a non-profit organization, will support and organize the event.

Participation is free, but seating is limited. Please register in advance by contacting:

Hepatitis Support Network of Hawaii

Phone: 262-1680 or 373-3488

Fax: 263-3809 or 585-0206

Email: hepatitssupportnetwork@...

(Please include your *free* lunch preference – beef, turkey or vegetarian)

TeleConference link & seating available through West Hawaii Community Health Center, Kailua Kona (call Jasmine, 808- 326-5629 ext 223) or Shriners Hospital on Oahu (call Jana, 808-951-3637). TeleConference site & linkups are responsible for any fees involved.

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