MA HEP Patient Empowerment Project

The Massachusetts Hepatitis Patient Empowerment Project ( MaHepPEP ) was formed in 2005 to provide people in Massachusetts living with hepatitis a user friendly guide to educational and advocacy resources. It is operated and supported solely by the hepatitis patient community and accepts no funding from the drug industry.

In addition to supporting greater participation by the patient community in hepatitis advocacy, MaHepPEP has taken the lead in calling for a more balanced, integrated, and comprehensive response to infectious disease. We believe it is a national tragedy that HCV is now the leading cause of death among people HCV/HIV co-infected, and that most AIDS organizations have failed to respond adequately because co-infection occurs primarily among it’s most marginalized constituency – people with a history of injection drug use.

MaHepPEP is dedicated to fighting the stigma associated with infectious disease and drug use, and advocates for hepatitis-specific treatment, research, and prevention programs and funding.

If you would like to know more about MaHepPEP,  feel free to contact me using the Contact Us form.

Thanks!

Peter Fisher, BS Public Health
Founder and Editor in Chief

Updated Sat, Mar 14, 2009 09:29 AM