Who are we?
As the outreach arm of the Asian Liver Center at Stanford University, Team HBV is a student-run network of high school and collegiate chapters dedicated to spreading awareness of chronic hepatitis B. Members engage their local communities by participating in health fairs, preparing educational presentations for young audiences, and arranging various social and fundraising events. We share the ALC's mission to eradicate transmission of hepatitis B and curb death rates from liver disease.
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What is the conference about?
In our previous outreach efforts, much of Team HBV's focus involves the hepatitis B virus itself and its physiological effects. And rightfully so! The disease attacks the liver and can cause serious complications if left untreated.
However, there is more to living with hepatitis than facing a threat to liver health. HBV carriers also face external threats in the form of discrimination or judgement from others, which can take a psychological and emotional toll. We prepared this year’s conference to shed light on this rarely discussed aspect of hepatitis B.
The conference featured advocacy experts who have witnessed discrimination against carriers in its various forms and storytellers who revealed their personal encounters with HBV. Our conference workshop challenged attendees to brainstorm inventive ways to share our speakers' insights with the general public.
We hope that our content will help you build a more complete picture of how hepatitis B impacts the human experience.