Are 10,000 deaths a year acceptable?

[Cobalt Violet]

Please contact your rep. and have them cosponsor HR 3539.

http://www3.capwiz.com/c-span/issues/bills/?billnum=H.R.3539&congress=108&size=full


Summary:11/19/2003--Introduced.
Hepatitis C Epidemic Control and Prevention Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop and implement a plan for the prevention, control, and management of hepatitis C virus (HCV), which shall include strategies for education and training, surveillance and early detection, and research.
Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct a biennial plan assessment; (2) support voluntary State, local, and tribal HCV testing and counseling programs; (3) provide for the vaccination of HCV-infected individuals against hepatitis A and B and other infectious diseases; (4) support the establishment and maintenance of HCV surveillance databases; and (5) establish and support a Hepatitis C Clinical Research Network.
Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to States, political subdivisions of States, Indian tribes, or nonprofit entities to carry out activities under this Act.
Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health to establish a Liver Disease Research Advisory Board.



There are already 45 cosponsors. 40 Democrats and 5 Republicans.
You can check at the above link to see if yours is one. Also you can contact them at the same page by entering your zip code.

Thank you.

[latteromden]

1. Done, and kick! (n/t)

[Cobalt Violet]

2. Thank you!

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