The Committee on Prevention and Control of Viral Hepatitis Infections held a public meeting on Thursday, December 4, 2008 at the National Academy of Sciences building in Washington, DC.
1:00 PM
Welcome and opening statement
Palmer Beasley, Committee Chair
1:15
Charge to the committee Presentation (Ward)
Presentation (Taylor and Saly)
John Ward, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC);
Chris Taylor and Martha Saly, National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable
2:00
Broad Overview of Hepatitis B
Presentation
Dale Hu, CDC
2:30
Broad Overview of Hepatitis C
Cindy Weinbaum, CDC
3:00
Break
3:15
Hepatitis C: Moving Beyond the Silence
Lorren Sandt, Caring Ambassadors Program
3:45
Hepatitis B: Time for Zero Tolerance
Joan Block, Hepatitis B Foundation
4:15
Public comment period
5:00
Adjourn
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