Date:
Tuesday, June 5, 2007

Time:
8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Location:
Durham Hilton Near Duke University
3800 Hillsborough Rd.
Durham, NC 27705
(919) 383-8033

Click Here To Register:
www.acteva.com/go/symposium2007

Exhibitor Information:
PHICAS is accepting registration for exhibitors for the 2007 Symposium on Hepatitis C.
Click here for more information.

Educational Credits:
Wake AHEC CEU: 0.6 (6.0 contact hours),
Nursing: 6.0 CNE contact hours

Wake AHEC, Nursing Education, is an Approved Provider of continuing nursing education by the North Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commision on Accreditation.

The N.C. AHEC Program is a designated provider of Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) credits by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. (NCHEC). This program is approved for 6.0 contact hours (Category I) in health education.

Each session is approved for 1.25 CHES, CNE or contact hours, with the exception of lunch, which is approved for 1.0 CHES, CNE or contact hours.

Symposium Details:
The Piedmont HIV Integrated Community Access System (PHICAS) in collaboration with the North Carolina Hepatitis C Program and HIV/STD Prevention and Care Branch is sponsoring the 2007 Symposium on Hepatitis C.

The target audience includes: nurses, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, health educators, case managers, substance abuse providers, outreach workers, and members of community-based organizations and faith communities.

• There is no vaccine to prevent hepatitis C.
• 80% of persons with hepatitis C have no signs or symptoms.
• An estimated 4.1 million (1.6%) Americans have been infected with hepatitis C, of whom 3.2 million are chronically infected.
• An estimated 150,000 North Carolinians are infected with hepatitis C.

Did You Know...

• There is no vaccine to prevent hepatitis C.
• 80% of persons with hepatitis C have no signs or symptoms.
• An estimated 4.1 million (1.6%) Americans have been infected with hepatitis C, of whom 3.2 million are chronically infected.
• An estimated 150,000 North Carolinians are infected with hepatitis C.