Urge Health Care Systems to Expand Access to 2-dose Hepatitis B Vaccine
“The Immunization Alliance for Equity and Access (IAEA) is continuing our advocacy to expand access to hepatitis B vaccines, particularly for those at increased risk…
We are currently focusing our advocacy in California, by urging major health care payers to update their HBV vaccination practices by expanding availability of the proven more effective (and faster) 2-dose over a month HBV vaccine series, rather than continued reliance on the 3-dose over six months vaccine. We believe that the adoption of the 2-dose vaccine for adult patients will result in higher completion rates, improve public health, save more lives, and help move the nation toward elimination.
We are starting our efforts with Kaiser Permanente and Sutter Health We encourage organizations to support this effort by signing a community letter asking these health care systems to meet with advocates to address this issue. Your support will increase the chance that we secure a meeting. The deadline to sign the letter is 5 pm, Friday, June 13th. Organizations outside of California are welcome and encouraged to sign.
We are also holding a webinar for those who are interested in more information about this issue. The webinar will be held on Wednesday, June 11th, at 1:00 pm. The webinar will feature Dr. Marina Roytman, Health Sciences Clinical Professor, Gastroenterology Department, UCSF Fresno. There will be plenty of time for questions and discussion. All are welcome.”