This year marks the fifth year that Hepatitis B Free has been working in the Oro Province of Papua New Guinea (PNG). From the 23rd to 29th of July 2017, a team of six volunteers including doctors, nurses and a medical student, returned to the region to run clinics for vaccination and community health needs.Continue reading Back in Papua New Guinea: July 2017 medical trip (pt. 1)
We wish all our supporters a very happy New Year and a prosperous start to a new decade. We are pleased to report several significant advances in our programs and are thankful for the continued support that we have received from all of you. Grant approved for new program in Kiribati. We recently received news thatContinue reading February, 2020 Updates
We continue to expand our programs in new sites and consolidate the gains we have made in established projects. All of this is made possible by you, our generous supporters. North Korea. Drs. Alice Lee and David Hilmers spent a busy 9 days in the DPRK, holding clinics in 4 different cities, Hae-ju, Kae-song, Pyongsong,Continue reading Project Update: November 2019
Our volunteers continued their work across the Pacific during the past 3 months and we are happy to report the progress that has been made. We are excited to share that anti-viral medications purchased by Hepatitis B Free have been shipped to Fiji and Papua New Guinea. Vanuatu and Fiji Dr Alice Lee visited theContinue reading Hepatitis B medications arrive in Papua New Guinea: August 2019 progress report
May 20-22, 2019 Written by Dr Alice Lee on behalf of trip team Drs Alice Lee, David Hilmers & Thao Lam. The HOPE C project in Yangon has just about reached completion. 193 patients have started hepatitis C treatment, with 18 left at Myanmar Liver Foundation (MLF) yet to start. There are enough medicines leftContinue reading Hepatitis B in rural Myanmar – Putao project site assessment
Written by Dr Alice Lee, Co-Director of Hepatitis B Free. This report was first published in the CFK Newsletter, April 2019. This was my 15th trip to North Korea, and I felt at ease returning. It had been almost a full year since my last visit and I needed to be back. Our failed attemptContinue reading Reflections on the HOPE Clinics, March 2019
