Team HBV Factsheet - Global
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THREAT WORLDWIDE

  • 1/3 or 2 billion world people has been infected with HBV (WHO)
  • 400 million people have chronic Hep-B, that is 10 x more than HIV/AIDS (40 millions) (WHO)
  • HBV can survive outside of body for 7 days, as opposed to few hours in HIV (So) 100x more infectious than HIV (WHO)
  • Most people do not have any symptoms until it’s too late
  • 1 in 4 will die from liver cancer and liver scaring if not treated
  • Over 1 million people die every year or 1 person die every 30 seconds
  • 5 year rate survival rate is about 5%-7% (SEER)
  • Over 50% of all liver cancer is caused by chronic HBV (Global Health Epidemiologist)
  • Liver cancer is the top five leading cause of death by cancer worldwide (WHO)
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Organization: Team HBV

77 members

Team HBV is the international coalition of student organizations and volunteers working with the Asian Liver Center to spread awareness about hepatitis B and liver cancer to their schools and communities. Team HBV is the organizational structure that works to promote the Jade Ribbon Campaign.

Organization: Team HBV at UC Berkeley

23 members

Who are are: Team HBV is dedicated to raising awareness of the disproportionately high incidence of hepatitis B (HBV) and liver cancer among the Asian and Pacific Islander (API) community as well as encouraging those who could be affected, to be tested. What we do at Cal: • Promote t
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When: 10/22/2009 5:55 PM to 12/31/2009 6:55 PM
12 Supporters - led by Jennifer Yang - updated 2 year(s) ago
Team HBV is dedicated to raising awareness of the disproportionately high incidence of hepatitis B (HBV) and liver cancer among the Asian and Pacific Islander (API) community as well as encouraging those who could be affected, to be tested.
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