Viral Hepatitis Program Mission
To coordinate city-wide efforts to prevent, control and eliminate viral hepatitis infections in New York City.
OVHC’s responsibility is to work cooperatively with all service providers – within DOHMH and throughout the community – to provide the most accurate and current information viral hepatitis, and to develop and enhance programmatic interventions for promoting viral hepatitis prevention and care.
Objectives
Enhance Training & Education
- Education and public awareness
- Training for providers
Increase Identification and Linkage to Care
- Community screening initiatives
- Screening in DOHMH STD clinics and funded HIV/AIDS and Mental Hygiene programs
Improve Access to Health Care Services
- Community resource development
- Continuity of care initiatives
Key Activities
- Integrate viral hepatitis prevention, counseling and
referral activities into HIV, correctional health, drug treatment, mental
health and harm reduction programs
- Coordinate free hepatitis C testing and linkage to
care in high-risk communities
- Promote hepatitis A and B vaccination
- Train health care providers about viral hepatitis
prevention and care
- Provide referral resources for viral hepatitis
services
- Coordinate Hepatitis C Task Forces in targeted areas
- Increase public awareness with the most current viral hepatitis information
