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
In March 2017, a multidisciplinary team returned to the Democratic Peoples’ Republic of Korea (DPRK) to evaluate and expand the hepatitis program, HOPE (Hepatitis B Overview and Program to trEat). Patients started on treatment last September returned for their bi-annual checkups, and new patients were started on the program. Despite tensions in the current externalContinue reading Counting the days
This post has been adapted from “We Now Have Hope…” by Dr Alice Lee (as printed in the Christian Friends of Korea October 2016 Newsletter) “The first woman we started on treatment in Kaesong has a young toddler at home. She was diagnosed with very advanced liver disease soon after delivery. She and her familyContinue reading We Now Have Hope: Treatment for hepatitis B in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
