Hello!

Another one of my exciting responsibilities as the Global Health Coordinator is working with the Team HBV Collegiate Chapters in the US and China.

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

Colligate chapters actively engage their campus and local communities in education and outreach activities, awareness events, and promotion of the Jade Ribbon Campaign. 

Collegiate Team HBV has active chapters in the United States at Cornell University, Duke University, the University of California Berkeley, the University of California Davis, Harvard College, Wesleyan University, the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Illinois Champagne.  We are going to be starting five new Team HBV Chapters at Princeton University, Rice University, University of California Los Angeles, University of Southern California, and Stanford University.

There are many Team HBV Chapters in China, also known as the Sunshine Volunteers, including the chapters at Jiaotong University in China, Central University for Nationalities, and Tsinghua University. 

We have also been working to promote the utilization of East Villagers by all Team HBV Chapter members, which will increase Team HBV’s presence in the online community.

Ying Ying, one of our summer interns, has been working on developing a new Team HBV organizational structure, advisory board and online sharing resource, as well as on the first annual Team HBV Collegiate Conference, which will be held at Stanford University this fall.  We are excited to have all of the chapters come together for the first time to share their best strategies and experiences with each other. 

Students play a vital role in educating and promoting the correct information about hepatitis B prevention and control and working to reduce hepatitis B discrimination either in the school settings and local communities.  Students can be empowered to become active leaders in the prevention and eradication of hepatitis B for themselves and future generations.  Learning the correct information about hepatitis B transmission and passing this information on to others will help to reduce the misunderstandings and subsequent discrimination.

More exciting updating on Team HBV and the Team HBV Conference to come!  If you are interested in starting a chapter at your own school, please let me know!

All the best,
Alena