Free & Confidential Hepatitis B Screenings

Health care providers and community organizations are working together to raise awareness and also to provide free or low-cost testing and vaccination. APIs are 100 times more likely to have chronic hepatitis b than Caucasians and have the highest rate of liver cancer for any racial/ethnic group.

Hepatitis b can cause serious illness that may last for months, and can become a chronic illness with increased risk of liver damage and liver cancer. Hepatitis b can potentially lead to liver failure and death, but is preventable with a simple vaccine series.

It is estimated that the API residents make up 34% of the city’s population and bear a disproportionate instance of liver cancer and undetected HBV infection. Eighty percent of liver cancer is caused by hepatitis b and 1 out of 10 API’s in San Francisco has chronic hepatitis b.

FREE screenings will be provided on site at the Asian Heritage Street Celebration, so make sure you, your friends & family know where you stand with Hep B. For more information go to SF Hep B Free.