New York State Hepatitis C Elimination

In November 2021, New York State reaffirmed its commitment to addressing hepatitis C with the release of the New York State Hepatitis C Elimination Plan. The Plan outlines recommendations in five key areas that will lead the state to eliminate hepatitis C as a public health problem by 2030, including: 1) Prevention; 2) Care and Treatment Access; 3) Testing and Linkage to Care; 4) Surveillance, Data and Metrics; and 5) Social Determinants.

2023 Hepatitis C Elimination Progress Report

On May 10, 2023, New York State hosted the first Annual Hepatitis C Elimination Progress Report meeting to share progress toward reaching New York State's elimination goals, metrics and share programmatic, policy and other significant accomplishments.

• Watch the Annual New York State Hepatitis C Elimination Progress Report Meeting recording
• Annual New York State Hepatitis C Elimination Progress Report Program (PDF)
• Slides from the Progress Report meeting
  • NYS Updates on Programs, Policy, and Significant Accomplishments (PDF)
  • NYS Metrics Update (PDF)
  • New York City Updates on Programs, Policy, and Significant Accomplishments (PDF)
  • New York City Metrics Update (PDF)
  • Achieving Hepatitis C Elimination (PDF)
  • Closing Call to Action (PDF)

NYS HCV Elimination Metrics

• 2021 NYS HCV Elimination Metrics Summary (PDF)

Hepatitis C Elimination Plan Regional Sessions for 2022

A series of virtual regional discussion sessions open to the public were held to promote the Plan. Learn about the effort to eliminate hepatitis C in your region.

• Western NY Region on February 2, 2022 (PDF)
• Northeastern Region on February 9, 2022 (PDF)
• Central NY Region on February 17, 2022 (PDF)
• Finger Lakes Region on February 23, 2022 (PDF)
• Hudson Valley Region on February 24, 2022 (PDF)
• Long Island on February 28, 2022 (PDF)
• New York City on March 3, 2022 (PDF)

New York State Hepatitis C Elimination Task Force

In March 2018, New York State announced its commitment to eliminating hepatitis C as a public health problem in New York State (NYS).  The announcement was followed by the allocation of $5 million to implement new programs and activities that will lead the State towards elimination.  In July 2018, NYS announced a strategy for hepatitis C elimination, including the establishment of a Hepatitis C Elimination Task Force. 

The NYS Hepatitis C Elimination Task Force was charged with providing input to the New York State Department of Health (NYS DOH) on the hepatitis C elimination plan.   Task Force and workgroup members included representatives from community-based organizations, people living with and affected by hepatitis C, health care providers, payers, public health experts, researchers, harm reduction specialists and social service providers. The Task Force structure consisted of community and governmental co-chairs and five workgroup committees.

1) Hepatitis C Prevention; 2) Hepatitis C Care and Treatment Access; 3) Hepatitis C Testing and Linkage to Care; 4) Surveillance, Data and Metrics; and 5) Social Determinants. 

The Task Force held two meetings on November, 2018 and June 2019 in Albany, NY.

NYS Hepatitis C Elimination Task Force Meetings

• November 27, 2018 - Albany Capital Center
  • Task Force Meeting Minutes (PDF)
  • Agenda and Presentations (PDF)
    • Mission and Purpose of Task Force - Brad Hutton, MPH
    • HCV Elimination Work to Date - Annette Gaudino, HIV/HCV Project Co-Director, Treatment Action Group & Clifton Garmon, MSW, Senior Policy Analyst, VOCAL-NY
    • Hepatitis C Epidemiology in New York State 2017 - Angie Maxted, DVM, PhD, DACVPM, Deputy Director, Emerging Infections Program & Statewide Surveillance Program, Bureau of Communicable Disease Control, New York State Department of Health
    • Hepatitis C Survillance and Epidemiology in New York City - Angelica Bocur, MPH, Director, Viral Hepatitis Surveillance, Bureau of Communicable Disease, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
    • Estimation of New York State Hepatitis C Prevalence, 2013 - 2016 - Eli Rosenberg, PhD, Associate Professor, SUNY Albany School of Public Health
    • NYS Hepatitis C Program and Policy Overview - Colleen Flanigan, RN, MS, Director, Bureau of Hepatitis Health Care, AIDS Institute, New York State Department of Health
    • New York City Viral Hepatitis Policy Environment and Program Portfolio - Ann Winters, MD, Director, Viral Hepatitis Program, Bureau of Communicable Disease, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
    • Closing and Next Steps - Colleen Flanigan, RN, MS, Director, Bureau of Hepatitis Health Care, AIDS Institute, New York State Department of Health

Task Force Members

• Member List (PDF)
• Member Bios (PDF)
• Ex Officio Members (PDF)

Workgroup Committees

• Hepatitis C Prevention
  • Member List (PDF)
• Hepatitis C Testing and Linkage to Care
  • Member List (PDF)
• Hepatitis C Care and Treatment Access
  • Member List (PDF)
• Social Determinants
  • Member List (PDF)
• Surveillance, Data and Metrics
  • Member List (PDF)

Hepatitis C Elimination Resources

• NYC Plan to Eliminate Viral Hepatitis by 2030
• New York State Department of Health - Hepatitis C Information
• National Viral Hepatitis Action Plan 2017-2020
• National Strategy for the Elimination of Hepatitis B and C
• CDC:  Progress Toward Viral Hepatitis Elimination in the United States, 2017