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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Stephanie X Zhang <stephz@mit.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Fwd: Team HBV Conference Registration<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b>From:</b> Sandra Kong and Joanna Song <<a href="mailto:chair.collegiate@teamhbv.org">chair.collegiate@teamhbv.org</a>><br>
<b>Date:</b> August 26, 2019 at 20:08:30 EDT<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:stephz@mit.edu">stephz@mit.edu</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> <b>Team HBV Conference Registration</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988">You are cordially invited to the </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988">11th Annual Team HBV Collegiate Conference</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988">October 11-13 | Harvard University</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/396702881197255/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Facebook Event</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D2129">
|</span></b><a href="http://teamhbv.org/collegiate-chapters-2/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D2129">
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Website</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D2129"> |
</span></b><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1fbLx9pVKXGVXFEzZimTMAO2DnnGPOAxs9Gs8Ea1czuU/edit" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Registration Form</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D2129">
| </span></b><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1fbLx9pVKXGVXFEzZimTMAO2DnnGPOAxs9Gs8Ea1czuU/edit" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">EventBrite</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><img border="0" width="611" height="301" style="width:6.3645in;height:3.1354in" id="_x0000_i1027" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/KN6eiIQVVCDtnbqAn24lEa7zn0wJR1zNyFzyHtRUG7ABYOu9pOcFaYYZbZ820BnwiSNxNSeFRbCrZzB6fKQ9Vm2X95lwL0_rIEaYAV-N6Ci7BmXkqGDUL0cAs68VO67rD1zrWhh2"></span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">During the conference, you will have the opportunity to:</span></b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">- hear from
<i><span style="color:#1A9988">distinguished speakers and professors</span></i> about current updates in hepatitis B research and policy</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">- learn how to take part in the movement to eradicate hepatitis B at a
<i><span style="color:#1A9988">collegiate level</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">- compete in an
<i><span style="color:#1A9988">outreach hackathon</span></i> and present your creations with your fellow conference attendees</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">- explore the city of
<i><span style="color:#1A9988">Boston</span></i> and more!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Register by<b> September 8th</b> at both of the following links:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1fbLx9pVKXGVXFEzZimTMAO2DnnGPOAxs9Gs8Ea1czuU/edit" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Registration
Form</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/11th-annual-international-team-hbv-collegiate-chapters-conference-tickets-62594104652" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Eventbrite</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
(password on Registration Form) </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D2129">BOTH forms must be filled out for attendance. The general registration fee of $50 (Team HBV members)/$70
(non Team HBV members) includes 5 meals, local transportation during the conference, Team HBV swag, and access to all 3 days of conference programming! It does not include flights (or other means of transportation) or housing. Financial aid is available for
travel reimbursements. </span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Even if you cannot make it to the conference, please continue reading to learn more about Team HBV and
why you should form a chapter at your school!</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988">TL;DR: If you are interested in working on national and international public health issues, promoting liver
health, shadowing physicians, gaining volunteering experience, or fostering a sense of community with people on campus, think about creating a Team HBV chapter at your school! </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988">For more information, please contact<b>
</b></span><a href="mailto:chair.collegiate@teamhbv.org" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">chair.collegiate@teamhbv.org</span></b></a><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988">!<b> </b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">What is Team HBV?</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<img border="0" width="206" height="139" style="width:2.1458in;height:1.4479in" id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/xUpVtjBkUzBpxD0P_23h6QrgxtovTSAcRvLNuSCEIy5PNwrZLg6pCSqq69gPno6b-mI-WBrHaFK6cbndvGZfF6FNe_rIrBSrUaJAygNJKx-1AGhPgl4j84daHRriKyPM-0u4Cunl"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Team HBV started as an outreach branch of the Asian Liver Center, which is based in Stanford University and another branch in Peking University. It consists
of high school and collegiate chapters across the United States with active efforts to expand worldwide, such as Hong Kong. Team HBV’s goal is to create a strong, unified communities in high school and college campuses as well as their surrounding locations
that will promote, support, and further efforts to eradicate hepatitis B. We hope to raise awareness of the disproportionately high incidence of hepatitis B and liver cancer among Asian and Pacific Islanders (APIs) worldwide and provide educational and fun
programming in order to encourage healthy liver living and involvement disparity. Please visit
</span><a href="http://teamhbv.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988">http://teamhbv.org/</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> for more information!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Why create a chapter?</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Educate communities and help solve this public health issue</span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Correct misconceptions about hepatitis B and
</span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988">end discrimination</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> against infected individuals</span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Hepatitis B carries a social stigma in many communities that know about the disease </span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">There is
</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988">institutional discrimination</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> against those with hepatitis B in the United States (and in other countries as well),
such as not being able to serve in the armed forces (by law) or attend certain medical schools, that is largely unknown to the public </span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Be directly involved in
</span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988">international efforts</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> to eradicate this disease</span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Team HBV is starting a fundraising campaign to raise funds for the Myanmar Liver Foundation in Myanmar to help the Southeast Asia nation’s vaccination efforts which is
backed by their national government</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">At the end of the campaign in the summer of 2020, a group of chosen undergraduates from chapters will fly to Myanmar in an ALL-EXPENSE PAID trip to observe the Myanmar
Liver Foundation at work and help the non-profit</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988">Meet, network, and potentially work</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> with people from political officials, non-profit organizations,
medical school students and physicians, and other undergraduates across the country and worldwide</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Examples of our partner organizations include:</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Myanmar Liver Foundation </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">HepB United (US national non-profit)</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Hepatitis B Foundation (US national non-profits that have efforts worldwide)</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The National Task Force on Hepatitis B (US national organization)</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">HepB Free (including branches in California and Hawaii)</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association (APAMSA)</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Get information about
</span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988">national and international internship opportunities</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988">
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">involving addressing hepatitis B, leading to opportunities to:</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Do hepatitis B and liver related
</span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988">research</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Work on policy related efforts with
</span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988">legislators</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Work abroad on public health related efforts with organizations such as the
</span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988">World Health Organization (WHO)</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> or the
</span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988">Hepatitis B Foundation</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Work with the Asian Liver Center at Stanford or with their teams in
</span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988">China or Hong Kong</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Connect with local clinical resources that can lead to
</span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988">physician shadowing experiences<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Our national advisory board has and will continue to compile clinical resources (e.g. list of clinics or hospitals) near our chapters and help facilitate a chapter’s interactions
with these clinical facilities </span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988">shadowing and volunteering opportunities</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988">
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">for members and our advisory board can help your newly created chapter start these programs!<b><br>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">What is Hepatitis B?</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Hepatitis B is a viral infection that infects the liver with acute and chronic effects, including
</span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988">cirrhosis and liver cancer</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988">survival rate</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> of the main primary liver cancer caused by hepatitis B, called hepatocellular carcinoma,</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988">
<b>5 years after diagnosis is only 10%</b></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988">It is the leading cause of liver cancer (estimated 60-80% of liver cancers) worldwide<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The main transmission methods are
<b>blood, birth, and sex</b></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Birth (transmitted from mother to child) is the most common route of transmission, leading to people being born with the disease</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Hepatitis B is known as the “silent killer” because
</span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988">most chronically infected individuals do not show symptoms until it is too late</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Although
</span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988">vaccines and treatments exist</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> for hepatitis B, there is<b>
</b></span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988">no cure</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> for the disease</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Epidemiology</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">According to the WHO, in 2015:</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">About 257 Million people are living with hepatitis B</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Only 27 Million (~10%) of the people with hepatitis B are aware that they have the infection while only 4.5 Million (~17%) of those diagnosed are on treatment</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Around 900,000 people died that year due to liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma caused by hepatitis B</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">This is around 20-30% of chronically affected individuals </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Other research shows that the number of infected individuals and deaths have increased in current years</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Hepatitis B disproportionately affects people of Asian and African descent, and many countries in these areas do not enforce mandatory vaccinations due to lack of resources</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">In fact,
</span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988">1 in 10 Asians and Pacific Islanders (API)</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> are infected with hepatitis B</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Without proper treatment,<b>
</b></span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988">a quarter of these infected people will die from cirrhosis or liver cancer</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">This adds up to about 500,000 deaths in API communities each year due to hepatitis B</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Fallacies</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">People infected with hepatitis B are contagious and should be avoided</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Hepatitis B
</span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988">CANNOT</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> be transmitted through:</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Saliva (e.g. kissing or sharing food or water)</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Air (e.g. sneezing or coughing)</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Causal contact (e.g. hugging)</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Breastfeeding</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">I am not showing symptoms for hepatitis, so I definitely do not have the disease</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Unless vaccinated immediately at birth or tested, one cannot be 100% sure they do not have the disease since it is often asymptomatic </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></b><a href="mailto:chair.collegiate@teamhbv.org" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A9988">chair.collegiate@teamhbv.org</span></b></a><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> for more information
if you are interested in creating a new Team HBV chapter at your school!</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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