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Protect Your Family: Get Tested for Hepatitis B

Services Available at Charles B. Wang Community Health Center

We offer comprehensive hepatitis B care, which includes:
  • Education;
  • Treatment;
  • Monitoring visits;
  • Care coordination;
  • Discounted fees for our services based on your family size and income for uninsured patients;
  • Assistance for eligible patients to apply for free/low cost hepatitis B medication and affordable liver cancer screening. No one will be denied services based on ability to pay.
Be Certain. Get Tested.

Hepatitis B does not have noticeable symptoms, and the only way to know if you have hepatitis B is to do a blood test.



Our health center provides free hepatitis B screening and vaccinations!

To access these services, please call us at (212) 941-2188 (Chinatown, Manhattan) or (718) 661-6368 (Flushing, Queens).

Hepatitis B is a virus that infects your liver and can cause life-threatening liver diseases. Approximately 1 in 12 Asian Americans has hepatitis B, and as many as 2 in 3 people do not know they have it because there are no visible symptoms.

As of March 2023, the CDC recommends that anyone age 18 and older should be screened for hepatitis B at least once. The individuals below puts them at higher risk and may want to consider testing more frequently based on risk.
  • People born in Asia, Africa, and other regions with moderate to high rates of hepatitis B;
  • All pregnant women;
  • Infants born to mothers with hepatitis B;
  • Unvaccinated people whose parents are from regions with high rates of hepatitis B;
  • Anyone having sex with a person infected with hepatitis B;
  • People who live with someone with hepatitis B;
  • Men who have sexual encounters with other men;
  • People who inject drugs;
  • People with HIV infection;
  • Donors of blood, plasma, organs, tissue, or semen;
  • People on hemodialysis;
  • People who receive chemotherapy or other types of immunosuppressive therapy.
Hep B Map

Hepatitis B Resources

“The Test” Comic Book – Hepatitis B Stories
Comic Book English Comic Book Chinese Comic Book French
English Chinese French
Comic Book Korean Comic Book Vietnamese
Korean Vietnamese

Development of this material is made possible with a grant by Miranda Wong Tang.

Hepatitis B Screening and Treatment Tracker
English/Chinese
French
Korean
Vietnamese

If You Have Hepatitis B, Protect Your Baby Roadmap Chart
English
Chinese
French
Korean
Vietnamese

Protecting Your Baby from Hepatitis B – What Pregnant Women Need to Know
English
Chinese
French
Korean
Vietnamese

Prenatal Blood Test
English
Chinese
French
Korean
Vietnamese

Protect Yourself Against Hepatitis B
English
Chinese
French
Korean
Vietnamese

Understanding Your Hep B Test Results
English
Chinese
French
Korean
Vietnamese



For questions about the hepatitis B education resources or collaboration opportunities, please contact us at hepBprogram@cbwchc.org.*
*Disclaimer: Please do not submit any medical appointment requests or personal health questions to the email.
   


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