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Webinars, Videos, and Training

Topics on this page: Webinars | Videos and Interviews | Healthcare Provider Training Resources

A number of webinars and videos are available to support the learning needs of different audiences engaged in the national response to viral hepatitis.

Webinars

Webinar 3: Syringe Services Programs – The Essential Roles of Non-Governmental and Community-Based Organizations

November 21, 2019
View this November 2019 webinar, the final webinar in this series, which highlights different ways in which non-governmental organizations are sponsoring or supporting community-based syringe service programs (SSPs) to help combat the opioid crisis and prevent the spread of infectious disease linked to injection drug use.

Webinar 2: Syringe Services Programs – State and Local Perspectives on the Role of Policy, Funding, and Partnerships

September 16, 2019
View this September 2019 webinar, the second in this series, which features examples from state government showcasing effective implementation of SSPs through policy and practice. Presenters highlight experiences in gaining statewide support and community buy-in, crafting policy and bringing it to practice, and building strong partnerships with local communities to support SSP growth.

Webinar 1: Syringe Service Programs – A Critical Public Health Intervention

July 30, 2019
This July 2019 webinar examines SSPs, which are an important community-based prevention program that can save lives, combat the nation’s opioid crisis, reduce the transmission of HIV and hepatitis C, and support individuals in accessing treatment services for substance use disorder/opioid use disorder. Speakers include leaders from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

Hidden Casualties: National Partners' Response to the Opioid Epidemic & Infectious Diseases – Part 2

March 8, 2018
The HHS Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy hosted the second of the two webinars, Hidden Casualties: National Partners' Response to the Opioid Epidemic & Infectious Diseases that discussed the impact of the opioid crisis on infectious diseases and shared examples of what national and local partners are doing to respond. Participating organizations included the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA), National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD), National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC), and National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable (NVHR).

Hidden Casualties: National Partners' Response to the Opioid Epidemic & Infectious Diseases – Part 1

February 22, 2018
The Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Diseases Policy hosted two webinars that follow the themes introduced last October during the first Hidden Casualties event. The continuation of this series, Hidden Casualties: National Partners' Response to the Opioid Epidemic & Infectious Diseases webinars discussed the impact of the opioid crisis on infectious diseases and shared examples of what national and local partners are doing to respond. Participating organizations included the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), and National Governors Association (NGA).

National Viral Hepatitis Action Plan Priority Populations – Part 2

September 28, 2017
The HHS Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy hosted the second of two webinars focused on increasing awareness of the needs and experiences of individuals from five priority populations including baby boomers, American Indians and Alaska Natives, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, African Americans, and pregnant women.

National Viral Hepatitis Action Plan Priority Populations – Part 1

September 14, 2017
The HHS Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy hosted the first of two webinars focused on increasing awareness of the needs and experiences of individuals from six priority populations including veterans, homeless individuals, people in correctional facilities, men who have sex with men, people living with HIV, and people who inject drugs.

Hepatitis C and African American Women

May 7, 2015
The HHS Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy, Office on Women’s Health, and Office of Minority Health hosted a webinar on the impact of hepatitis C on African American women and strategies to improve testing and access to care.

Hepatitis C Prevention Opportunities among People Who Inject Drugs: Confronting the Growing Epidemic

April 28, 2015
The HHS Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy hosted a webinar on tools and prevention strategies to address the growing hepatitis C epidemic among people who inject drugs.

Videos

Hepatitis C Lessons on a Chalkboard (CDC)

April 12, 2016
This video PSA from CDC’s Know More Hepatitis Campaign presents important facts about why people born from 1945-1965 should get tested for hepatitis C.

Lessons from an Outbreak of HIV and HCV Infections in Southern Indiana

March 2, 2016
CDC’s Dr. Jono Mermin and HHS’s Dr. Rich Wolitski discussed a CROI 2016 plenary session by CDC’s Dr. John Brooks which reviewed lessons learned from a 2015 outbreak of HIV and hepatitis C in a Scott County, Indiana that was fueled by prescription opioid abuse.

No Warning Signs (CDC)

February 19, 2016
This animated video from CDC’s Know Hepatitis B campaign shares facts about hepatitis B and encourages Asian Americans to get tested for hepatitis B.

Drs. Valdiserri and Jonathan Mermin Discuss the Response to the HIV and HCV Outbreak in Indiana

June 18, 2015
Dr. Ron Valdiserri, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Infectious Diseases, sits down with CDC’s Dr. Jonathan Mermin, Director of CDC’s National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention at the 2015 National Summit on HCV and HIV Diagnosis, Prevention and Access to Care.

Interview with CDC's John Ward from the 2015 Summit on HCV & HIV

June 12, 2015
Dr. Ron Valdiserri, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Infectious Diseases, sits down at the 2015 National Summit on HCV and HIV with Dr. John Ward, Director of CDC's Division of Viral Hepatitis to discuss the latest in testing and treatment of hepatitis C.

An Invitation to Health Care Providers to Break the Silence Around Viral Hepatitis

April 30, 2014
Dr. Ronald Valdiserri, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Infectious Diseases, discusses the updated Viral Hepatitis Action Plan, and the vital role that healthcare providers play in achieving its goals.

Conversations from CROI 2014: Dr. Doug Dieterich

March 14, 2014
At the 2014 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI), Dr. Ron Valdiserri talked with Dr. Doug Deiterich of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York about advances in the diagnosis and treatment of hepatitis C.

The Link Between Hepatitis B and Liver Cancer: The Asian American Community (NIH)

July 3, 2012
In this video from NIH’s National Cancer Institute, Dr. Moon Chen, Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine and Associate Director of Cancer Control at the University of California-Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, speaks about hepatitis B and associated liver cancer as a problem more prevalent in the Asian American community.

ABCs of Hepatitis (Department of Veteran’s Affairs)

August 2, 2011
This video was created by the Department of Veterans Affairs for general education on hepatitis A, B, and C for use in substance use disorders programs.

Healthcare Provider Training Resources

As part of implementing the Viral Hepatitis Action Plan, several federal agencies have produced and disseminated training and tools for healthcare providers to support them in preventing, diagnosing and treating viral hepatitis.

CDC Provider Training Resources

CDC has developed or supported the development of a wide variety of online healthcare provider training resources on a variety of topics for a range of healthcare providers, including:

HCV Current (SAMHSA)

This national initiative among the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s Addiction Technology Transfer Center Regional Centers aims to increase HCV knowledge among medical and behavioral health professionals, especially staff at federally qualified health centers.

Resources on HIV & Viral Hepatitis Coinfection (HRSA)

Developed by the Health Resources and Services Administration’s AIDS Education and Training Centers National Resources Center, this resource compiles links to online resources for providers treating individuals with HIV-HCV coinfection including guidelines, slidesets, pocket guides, self-study materials and more.

HIV/HCV Co-infection: An AETC National Curriculum (HRSA/HAB)

The goal of this curriculum is to provide an evidence-based online curriculum for healthcare providers and trainers of healthcare providers to increase their knowledge on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) co-infection among people of color in the United States and its territories Topics covered include prevention, screening, diagnosis and treatment recommendations as well as barriers and other co-factors that may impede optimal treatment outcomes for co-infected people of color.

Department of Veterans Affairs: Viral Hepatitis for Health Care Providers

The Veterans Health Administration has developed a number of resources on viral hepatitis including:

  • Tools for the Clinician
  • Information on related clinical conditions
  • Provider education
  • Patient Education
Content created by Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy (OIDP)
Content last reviewed on August 20, 2019