Pilot study by Alison F. Crawshaw and colleagues indicates that adolescent and adult migrants in the UK may be under-vaccinated and require catch-up vaccination.
Alison Crawshaw, PhD Sally Hargreaves

Read more about their study here:
bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

On #WorldLiverDay , let's remember the importance of early detection.

🔎Regular screenings can help catch liver diseases in their early stages when treatment is most effective.

Read more on our blog!

📌isglobal.org/en/healthisglo…

#LiverTwitter World Liver Day

📨INVITACIÓN WEBINAR (acceso gratuito): 'Carga de enfermedad y sistemas de atención
para la diabetes tipo 2 en zonas rurales de Guatemala.”
drexel.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

New World Health Organization (WHO) #HBV guidelines released today at #APASL24 !

-Expanding treatment eligibility for many people living with #HepB
-New option to treat w abnormal ALT if no access to HBV DNA test (barrier in many settings)
-Adding adolescents over 12 years
👇
who.int/publications-d…

On 6 March, join Drexel University CCUH for a webinar with #ISGlobal researcher Mark J Nieuwenhuijsen, who will present 'Making Cities' Built Environment Healthier and #CarbonNeutral '.

Register in advance at:
✒️ drexel.zoom.us/meeting/regist….

#UrbanHealth cc LAC-Urban Health Drexel Urban Health Collaborative

“La realidad de España es que somos un país muy diverso y que el colectivo migrante también es un pilar en la economía del país', Ignacio Peña, coordinador de Salud Entre Culturas (SEC)
✍️/📸Paula Herrera
acortar.link/FqCg8h

Grandes!! 🙌🏼🙌🏼

#INHSU2024 is a must-attend for people advocating and working for the health and well-being of people who use drugs.

➡️Submit an abstract or apply for a scholarship now: inhsu.org/inhsu-2024/

#Harmreduction #Drugpolicy #HCV #hepatitis #Livertwitter

📌Communities are also the best way to reach key groups of #migrants , #refugees and #asylumseekers

UPDATE: TODAY Governor Phil Murphy signed bills that make one thing clear: Immigrants are welcome in NJ.

These bills include the Language Access bills, the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights, and the Data Disaggregation bill 🎉🎉

Hear more from Amol Sinha and Alejandra Sorto ⤵️

Este cayuco acaba de llegar a La Restinga. Salió hace 1semana desde Mauritania y a bordo vienen personas de al menos 4 países.

Enero mauritano: casi todas las llegadas de cayucos proceden de Mauritania y la variación de nacionalidades es mayor que en el último semestre de 2023.

Former visiting scholar and postdoctoral research fellow at the Drexel Urban Health Collaborative, Pedro Gullón Tosio, PhD, MD, MPH, has been appointed the new General Director of Public Health and Health Equity of Spain. Congratulations to Dr. Gullón! eldiario.es/politica/ultim…

🗺 Personas procedentes de 17 países distintos han perdido la vida tratando de alcanzar las costas españolas. Una tragedia de dimensiones internacionales. #DerechoAlaVida2023 #VictimasFronteras2023

Viral #hepatitis knows no borders and affects people from all walks of life.

💉💪🏾Through effective prevention measures such as vaccination, early diagnosis, and increased and public awareness, we can heavily reduce the incidence of new infections.

🔗isglobal.org/en/healthisglo…

#LanguageAccess has passed in the NJ Legislature! 🎉

It will now go to the Governor's desk. This is a tremendous step toward making state programs and services accessible for all NJans. We urge Governor Phil Murphy to sign this bill.

Thank you to Sen Teresa Ruiz Dr. Sadaf Jaffer 🕊Former NJ Assemblywoman & Mayor

And it passed!! Proud to be a jersey girl 🥰

The new EU Pact on #Migration and #Asylum is a shameful agreement that will weaken Europe's democracies and shoot our economies in the foot. Not exceptional, though, in this anti-immigration offensive all over the world. My opinion in El País English Edition. english.elpais.com/opinion/2023-1…

Our HBV app for Africa is out!
Available on iOS & android
For providers seeing HBV in Africa that are not experts
Info on treatment, FU, vaccination, pregnancy, community education, etc
Please share with those in the field!
apps.apple.com/us/app/hbv-afr…

Coalition for Global Hepatitis Elimination Hep B Foundation