On Saturday 1/6, the Hep B Project had 7 volunteers staff the Saturday clinic and flyer outside in Oakland Chinatown, 9 volunteers table at a Vietnamese Lunar New Year festival, and 6 volunteers help out at an H1N1 vaccination clinic in Oakland Chinatown.

On Sunday 1/7, 9 volunteers helped out at an H1N1 clinic at the Gurdwara Sahib in Fremont, CA. 4 volunteers also tabled at St. Anthony’s providing Hepatitis B information for the Vietnamese community (pictures unavailable).

On Wednesday 2/3, 8 Hep B Project volunteers staffed the Wednesday clinic. Several patients needed to be called with their test results.

On Friday 2/5, 4 Hep B Project volunteers tabled at the Cal UPHC Health Fair to provide information about the Hep B Project for prospective volunteers. 22 students stopped by the Hep B Project table.

On Friday 1/29, 3 Hep B Project volunteers helped out at an H1N1 clinic at Catholic Charities and provided Hepatitis B Education. Over a dozen people inquired about Hepatitis B. Unfortunately, no pictures are available from that event.

On Saturday 1/30, 12 Hep B Project volunteers staffed the Renaissance Plaza table and the Saturday clinic. 3 patients were screened and about a dozen people were educated about Hepatitis B.

In the FAQs section of the website, we have added a link to a booklet that contains detailed comprehensive information about what Hepatitis B is, ways it is transmitted, treatments options, etc. We highly suggest visitors read the booklet to learn more about Hepatitis B. You can also access the HBV booklet by clicking on the link below:

HBV Booklet

Also, earlier this month, the prestigious Institute of Medicine released a report about Hepatitis B and C in the United States. The report concisely summarizes the lack of effort toward addressing the Hepatitis issue in the U.S. The Hep B Project was created specifically to address the concerns raised in the report. We hope you will take take a moment and read the 4-page brief by clicking the link below:

Hepatitis and Liver Cancer 2010 Report Brief

On Monday 1/24, 3 Hep B Project volunteers helped out at an H1N1 clinic in Livermore. Over 50 people were vaccinated.

On Wed 1/27, 9 Hep B Project volunteers staffed the Wed. clinic. The project officially registered its 200th patient that Wednesday.

On Thursday 1/28, the Hep B Project had its weekly volunteer meeting. A group photo was taken of the volunteers present.

The Hep B Project has officially acquired the domain name:

www.hepbproject.org

It will automatically direct visitors to this home page. We will be using this url for future references to this website.

On Saturday 1/23, the Hep B Project had 8 volunteers staff the Saturday clinic and Renaissance Plaza table in Oakland. Thanks to everyone who stopped by our table even though it was raining!

On Sunday 1/24, the Hep B Project had 4 volunteers help out at an H1N1 vaccination clinic at St. Patrick’s Church in West Oakland as well as 7 volunteers help out at another H1N1 vaccination clinic at the LIMCA Center in Oakland. Over 100 people were vaccinated for H1N1.

On Saturday 1/16, 5 Hep B Project volunteers staffed the Saturday Clinic at AHS and a table at Renaissance Plaza. We provided free blood pressure readings in addition to Hepatitis B education and saw interest in our tables increase significantly.

On Sunday 1/17,   3 Hep B Project volunteers gave a Hepatitis B presentation to a group of 20-30 people at a small Vietnamese temple in San Leandro. The crowd was very receptive and many of them stopped by our table after the presentation to learn more.  Unfortunately, no pictures were taken at this event.

On Tuesday 1/12, The Hep B  Project had 3 volunteers help out at an H1N1 flu clinic at the Salvation Army in Oakland. Over 50 people were vaccinated.

On Wednesday 1/13, The Hep B Project had 5 patients get vaccinated for Hepatitis B at the Wednesday clinic.

On Thursday 1/14, 2 Hep B Project volunteers helped out at Street Level Health Project’s H1N1 flu clinic from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Volunteers helped advertise the flu clinic to day-laborers in Oakland. Over 150 patients were vaccinated that day.

Today, 1/15, The Hep B Project helped staff an H1N1 flu clinic at CRECE (Foothill/13th street) from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Over 150 refugees were vaccinated for H1N1.

Over winter break, the Hep B Project opened the Saturday clinic at Asian Health Services from 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. every Saturday morning in addition to the weekly Wednesday clinic. Pictures will be up in the coming weeks…

Also, the Hep B Project began tabling at Renaissance Plaza across the street from Asian Health Services this Saturday from 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. to provide Hepatitis B education to the general public. We will be tabling every Saturday until the end of February at Renaissance Plaza. Look for our signs and volunteers wearing the Hep B Project T-shirt!!!