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A New Presence for CAHCTF
The California Hepatitis C Task Force welcomes you – board members, affiliated collaborators, students, and the general public – to our new site. Our goal is to constantly refresh the site and provide new, important, and interesting content. Please bear with us – there are still some tweaks to be made as we solicit and…
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Making Medical Science More Democratic
The Wall Street Journal published on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023 a fascinating excerpt from Amy Dockser Marcus’s new book “We the Scientists: How a Daring Team of Parents and Doctors Forged a New Path for Medicine“, just published by Riverhead Books. For those who have been in the field of public health for a while,…
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COVID and Mental Health
The excellent California-focused site “Capital & Main” has a fascinating article by Mark Kreidler, published Feb. 9, 2023, on The Untold Story of COVID’s Impact on California’s Mental Health. It has been reposted in the always informative website of the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism.
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South Africa – Blaq Diamond with Ommy Dimpoz
An enjoyable video from South Africa’s Blaq Diamond and Tanzania’s Omary Dimpoz. Like so many videos coming out from all over Africa, it highlights both the professionalism of the artists, but also gives us wonderful glimpses of actual life.
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Ethiopia – Qwanqwa ቋንቋ – Kemekem
Qwanqwa is a wonderful ensemble bringing together many elements of Ethiopian classical jazz, with a distinctive modern flair. They are known for their efforts to weave music from the various cultural threads of Ethiopia and Eritrea. But above all, they play great music, and are a joy to watch.
The Immigrant Experience
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People back and forth
We are excited about this section. We want to highlight stories (maybe your own!) about aspects of the immigrant experience, especially as it relates to Hepatitis, Medical Care, Medical Training, etc. But really, write about anything! Link to videos! Post photos! Write whatever you want! (Okay, within some limits…) Many members of the board, and…
The Board Corner:
News and Projects
What we’re up to, together and on our own.
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Behind the Scenes
As I write this, the site design is inspired by the previous version of The California Hepatitis C Task Force. That site benefited from a pleasant design, and offered significant resources to the community. In fact, most of that site’s content has been brought over to this new version. But we recognized that the site…
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Keep an eye on this corner!
In this section, the board members of The California Hepatitis C Task Force will update the community on their ongoing work. As we’d like to highlight not only their roles in the organization, but their additional projects and activities, we hope this section will give you a fuller picture of the Task Force’s strong and…