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Health Care Special Session & Luncheon

Healthcare Luncheon addresses Hepatitis C in correctional settings T he annual healthcare luncheon took place in the Four Seasons Ballroom of the Colorado Convention Center on Monday August 25 th and it featured Dr.

Andrew Aronsohn, an Associate Professor at the University of Chicago Medical Center and Director of the Hepatology Fellowship Program. Ed McNeill, VP of Business Development, Cen turion introduced Dr. Aronsohn by saying “we truly appreciate the partnership that we have today.” “Hepatitis C is a curable disease, but sadly, even though we had a cure for over a decade, we see still way too many people who have the dis ease,” Aronsohn began. He went on to note that “The prevalence in prisons is significantly higher than in the general population — about 15%.” Aronsohn described some of the ways Hepati tis C has been diagnosed and treated in the past and then some of the new techniques he and his team have been developing.

under an hour. This is especially useful in correc tional settings,” he stated. Aronsohn urged the crowd to help deliver Hepatitis C cures to their populations and ended by answering questions about how that help can be offered and some stigmas still attached to car ing for the disease.

155 TH CONGRESS OF CORRECTION “New technology allows for rapid diagnosis using a fingerstick test, with results available in

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