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National CDC Campaign to Increase Testing among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders

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Know Hepatitis B – Individual Campaign Ads

This Know More Hepatitis B campaign image shows two different people’s hands locking pinkies with the tagline, “I promise I’ll get a hepatitis B blood test. Hepatitis B has no symptoms but it can cause liver cancer. Talk to your doctor about getting tested so that you can protect yourself and your family.”


This Know Hepatitis B campaign image shows a father and daughter with the tagline, “Loving your family starts with getting a hepatitis B test.”

Know Hepatitis B – Infographic

This infographic includes a series of graphics displaying the following information – If you or your parents were born or the Pacific Islands, CDC recommends that you get tested for hepatitis B. Did you know that 1 in 12 Asian Americans have hepatitis B? 2 out of every 3 Asian Americans with hepatitis B don’t know they are infected. People with hepatitis B often have no symptoms. Up to 25% of people with hepatitis B develop serious liver problems. Hepatitis B is the leading cause of liver cancer for Asian Americans. But, treatments are available that can save your life. Loving your family starts with caring for yourself. If you or your parents were born in Asia or the Pacific Islands, talk to your doctor about getting tested for hepatitis B. It could save your life. Hepatitis B among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders

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In the United States, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are one of the groups most affected by hepatitis B, which can cause potentially fatal liver damage, including liver cancer. Although this group makes up less than 5 percent of the U.S. population, they account for more than half of the 1.2 million Americans estimated to be living with hepatitis B. Hepatitis B is especially common in many Asian and Pacific Island countries, and many with chronic hepatitis B became infected as infants or young children. It is usually spread when someone comes into contact with blood from someone who has the virus.

It is estimated that 1 in 12 Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders is living with hepatitis B. Yet, as many as 2 in 3 of those do not know they are infected, because the disease often has no symptoms until serious liver damage has already occurred – usually decades after they are first infected. Testing allows those with hepatitis B to take steps to protect their health, including accessing care and starting treatment that can delay or reverse the effects of liver disease.

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