Our work

Mission

Leading the fight to end viral hepatitis

Vision

A country free of viral hepatitis

The Hepatitis Education Project works at the local, state, and national levels to eliminate viral hepatitis through advocacy, education, and low-barrier health services. Our priorities include increasing hepatitis B vaccination rates, improving linkage to hepatitis C treatment, and preventing overdose deaths.

HEP Strategic Plan 2024-2026

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Local (Seattle, King County)

  • Facilitate linkage to hepatitis C treatment for 1,000 people in King County

  • Catalyze a countywide hepatitis B elimination initiative with a focus on convening partners to increase vaccination, testing, and linkage to care

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State (Washington)

  • Double the annual number of hepatitis C treatment starts by Washington Medicaid recipients to 3,000

  • Help realize the elimination of hepatitis C in Washington State prisons

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National (United States)

  • Eliminate policy barriers and align incentives to increase viral hepatitis vaccination, testing and treatment

  • Mobilize a community-led advocacy approach in support of proposed national HCV elimination initiative

  • Champion knowledge sharing about viral hepatitis care for people who use drugs and incarcerated individuals

Our values

  • We explore and generate purposeful relationships that strengthen our ability to provide meaningful support to the populations we serve.

  • With authenticity and kindness, the relationships we build are grounded in the appreciation for a person’s autonomy. We admire self-expression, recognize the power of community, and promote the rehumanization of our health care system.

  • We strive to create an ethos of acceptance, understanding and nonjudgment. Appreciating that everybody has a story, and that their story is significant, is fundamental to how we operate.

  • We are stewards of high-quality care for our clients and accountable to continuous quality improvement. Through creative program design that is underpinned by evidence-base practices, we develop impactful programming and services that are driven by the needs of the population we serve.

  • We believe every person should have just and fair access to the care needed to live their healthiest life.

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Our approach

  • Our service delivery model is designed to simplify access to care and help overcome barriers that are derived from social and community determinants of health equity. Our goal is to help people access the support and services they need, where they are, when they need it, without judgement.

  • Meeting people where they are and the ideology of reducing harm is a guiding principle for our programs and services, which governs how we engage with individuals. We actively promote evidence-based policies and practical strategies that keeps people safe and reduces the negative consequences associated with substance use.

  • We are committed to minimizing health disparities that result from stigma, discrimination, and disproportionate access to resources, by increasing awareness and education through data informed reasoning and impactful storytelling designed to re-humanize one’s health and well-being.

  • Every person has unique needs, experiences and perceptions, which is why a one-size-fits- all solution isn’t effective. We ensure our programming addresses the needs of the whole-person and that our clients’ goals are at the center of any care model we implement.

  • The communities we serve face some of the most significant health disparities. By incorporating comprehensive, wrap-around programming to address holistic well-being, we are able to significantly improve health outcomes.

  • We recognize the power of collective community impact in supporting those disproportionately affected by viral hepatitis; individuals often marginalized and disenfranchised from the healthcare system. We aim to build trust, develop leaders, and leverage the magnified community voice through a shared vision and common goals.

The Hepatitis Education Project works at the local, state, and national levels to eliminate viral hepatitis through advocacy, education, and low-barrier health services.

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