Hepatitis C Elimination
The Eliminate Hepatitis C San Diego County Initiative is a public-private partnership to eliminate hepatitis C by 2030. Starting in February of 2018, a diverse group of San Diego stakeholders held a series of pre-initiative planning meetings. Those led to the process officially starting in November 2018 when it was approved by the San Diego County Board of Supervisors. It was at that meeting that the Board asked the County Health and Human Services Agency to return in twelve months with recommendations. Over the 12-month period of November 2018 to November 2019, community partners and stakeholders met, developing the Recommendation Report dated December 20, 2019. This report was approved by the Board of Supervisors on March 10, 2020. The Implementation Plan for these recommendations was approved by the Board of Supervisors on July 13, 2021.
The American Liver Foundation’s Pacific Coast Division served as the convening organization for the partnership from its inception until July 2020. Due to the impact of COVID-19, the American Liver Foundation closed all its field offices. In response, local volunteers established the Liver Coalition of San Diego that same month to assume the convening organization role, which they maintained through June 2024.
Although no longer the convening organization, the Liver Coalition of San Diego continues to play a leadership role as a member of the Eliminate Hepatitis C San Diego County Task Force.
News Highlights
The San Diego Union-Tribune
August 1, 2024. The article “Hepatitis C falling in San Diego, but eliminating disease will take more work” can be viewed here.
August 12. 2023. The article “Hepatitis C is curable and efforts are ramping up in San Diego County to eliminate deadly disease” can be viewed here.
San Diego Physician, a publication of the San Diego County Medical Society
June 2023. The article “Moving Toward Viral Hepatitis Elimination” can be viewed here.
September 2022. The article “A New Epidemic: Hepatitis C” can be viewed here.
September 2019. The article “Eliminating Hepatitis C” can be viewed here.
PLOS Digital Health
June 9. 2021. The research to determine the San Diego County HCV Burden Estimate was published, the article “The estimated hepatitis C seroprevalence and key population sizes in San Diego in 2018” can be viewed here.
From February 2018 to June 2024, the partnership received funding from the County of San Diego, Health and Human Services Agency, AbbVie, Inc., Gilead Sciences, and Alliance Healthcare Foundation. Additionally, the Liver Coalition of San Diego provided in-kind support for the initiative’s website and social media platforms.
The Initiative’s agendas, minutes and rosters from January 2022 to June 2024 have been archived and can be found here.