1. Tom Liberti Bureau Chief, HIV/AIDS January 27, 2003
From the Streets to the Hill – Advocacy: Partnering with the Community to Impact Viral Hepatitis in Florida
Tom Liberti
Bureau Chief, HIV/AIDS
January 27, 2003

2. Florida’s Hepatitis Prevention Program: Internal Department of Health Partners
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
HIV/AIDS
Immunization
TB/Refugee Health
Family Planning
Office of Minority Health
Office of Communications and Program Promotions

3. Florida’s Hepatitis Prevention Program: Internal Department of Health Partners
Medical Quality Assurance
Pharmacy
State Public Health Laboratory
Environmental Health
Epidemiology
County health departments
Maternal and Child Health
Office of Health Care Access
Office of Performance Improvement

4. Florida’s Hepatitis Prevention Program: Other Internal Governmental Partners
Veterans’ Administration
Department of Corrections (Prisons)
Sheriff’s Association (Jails)
Medicaid (ACHA)
Department of Education

5. Florida’s Hepatitis Prevention Program: External Partners
Infected and affected Floridians
American Liver Foundation
Sheriffs’ Association
Hep-C Alert
Local hepatitis councils/task forces
Substance abuse treatment providers
Florida Restaurant Association
Florida Medical Association

6. Florida’s Hepatitis Prevention Program: External Partners (continued)
Florida Hospital Association
Pharmaceutical companies
Laboratory testing manufacturers
AIDS advocacy groups
Florida Public Health Association
Florida Practitioners of Infection Control
CSTE
CDC
NASTAD

7. Strategies and Strengths
Hepatitis issues similar to other programs
Affected communities
National awareness growing
Meetings with partners to identify collaborative efforts

8. Next Steps
Increase networking and participation of the community and partners
Statewide action planning meeting (April 2002)
Enhance and enlarge scope of collaborative projects
Provide framework for statewide Advisory Council