National and local organizations unite to improve domestic and global actions for reducing chronic hepatitis B in Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities
Please join us for this important event!

Speakers so far include:

• Congressman Mike Honda
• Congressman Ed Towns (invited)
• RADM Steven K. Galson, Acting Assistant Secretary for Health & Acting Surgeon General
• Garth Graham, MD, MPH, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health
• John Ward, MD, Director, Division of Viral Hepatitis, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
• Ho Tran, MD, MPH, President and CEO, Asian Pacific Islander American Health Forum
• Jeff Caballero, MPH, Executive Director, Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations

Who:
Representatives from Federal and state agencies, community-based organizations, national Hepatitis B organizations, institutions of higher education, health care providers, local and national media

When:
Tuesday May 19, 2009 from 10:30am-1:00pm (includes a post-program reception)

Where:
US Department of Health and Human Services, The Great Hall – Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue, Washington, DC

Information:
For more information please contact Kate Moraras at Kate.Moraras@hhs.gov – Space is limited so we encourage all participants to RSVP to Kate by Sunday May 17, 2009.