Asian and Pacific Islanders (API's) have the highest risk of hepatitis B (HBV) of any ethnic group. Because API residents comprise 34% of the city's population, San Francisco has the highest liver cancer rate in the nation... (more)
About SF Hep B Free
The largest, most intensive healthcare campaign for API's in the U.S., SFHBF puts San Francisco at the forefront of the nation in fighting chronic hepatitis B and is being looked to as a model by the California legislature... (more)
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"The Hep B Free Campaign hits at the core of our national drive for
health insurance... We must protect everyone from hepatitis B."
- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi | Play video
2010 Citywide Ad Campaign
The New York Times:
"In Ads, Plea for Asians to Get Tests for Hepatitis"
SAN FRANCISCO - It is an image both shocking and strangely serene: 10 beauty queens, each with a broad smile, sparkling earrings and a beautiful gown. And written across the bottom of the photograph is a simple, stark question. "Which one," it reads, "deserves to die?" The image is part of a provocative advertising campaign by San Francisco Hep B Free, which aims to eradicate the disease with citywide vaccinations against hepatitis B. The campaign... (more)
