Massachusetts Hepatitis Contacts

Hepatitis C

• Daniel Church, MPH
  Epidemiologist/Hep C Coordinator
  Division of Epidemiology & Immunization
  Massachusetts Department of Public Health
  305 South Street
  Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, 02130
  Phone: 617-983-6800
  Fax: 617-983-6840
  daniel.church@state.ma.us

• Maura McGarty
  Hepatitis B Coordinator
  Immunization Program
  MA Dept of Health
  305 South Street
  Boston, Massachusetts, 02130
  Phone: 617-983-6851
  Fax: 617-983-6840
  maura.mcgarty@state.ma.us

• Hepatitis C Hotline: 1-888-443-HepC (4372)
• Immunization Programs
• Hepatitis A
• www.masshepc.org

Hepatitis Testing and Care

• Free/low cost National HCV Testing Sites
• Veterans Hepatitis Testing/Care Centers
• Doctor Search (HCV Advocate)
• AASLD (Liver Society) Doctor Search
• American Medical Association Docs
• Hepatitis B Foundation Treatment Watch

Massachusetts Resources

• State Programs and Contact Information
• Case Management and Support Services
• HIV Treatments
• Hepatitis Resources

FDA Approved Hepatitis Treatments and Vaccines

Hepatitis A/B Vaccines

• Havrix
• Vaqta
• Engerix-B
• Recombivax HB
• TwinRix

Hepatitis C Treatments

• Intron A - interferon alfa-2b
• Roferon - recombinant interferon alfa-2a
• Infergen - consensus interferon or interferon alfacon-1
• Pegasys - peginterferon alfa-2a
• PEG Intron - peginterferon alfa-2b
• Pegasys and Copegus - peginterferon alfa-2a with ribavirin
• PEG Intron and Rebetol - peginterferon alfa-2b and ribavirin
• Intron A and Rebetol - interferon alfa-2b and ribavirin
• Roferon and ribavirin - recombinant interferon alfa-2a and ribavirin

• Baraclude - entecavir
• Epivir-HBV - lamivudine
• HepaGamB - Hepatitis B Immune Globulin Intravenous (Human)
• Intron A - interferon alfa-2b
• Hepsera - adefovir dipivoxil
• Pegasys - peginterferon alfa-2a
• Tyzeka - telbivudine

Hepatitis and/or HIV Treatment Information

• HCVAdvocate.org News Review
• HepC Challenge - Caring Ambassadorss
• TAG Hepatitis C Co-Infection Project
• Experimental HCV Drugs
• Hepatitis Research and Treatment News
• HIV/HCV Co-infection Research
• The Simple Facts Project - www.atdn.org
• http://www.hepato.com
  
• Solid Organ Transplantation in HIV
• The Access Project