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Viral Hepatitis Services Locator

The New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) Hepatitis Services Locator is an interactive directory for finding free or low cost publicly-funded hepatitis services, including vaccination, testing, and treatment.

E-mail NJDOH to report updated information or add a new publicly-funded service.

Note: The NJDOH Hepatitis Services Locator is for publicly-funded sites only. Some sites may have eligibility requirements.

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Overdose Data Dashboard

This dashboard uses interactive data visualizations to display opioid and other drug-related overdose indicators for public health practitioners, researchers, policy-makers, and the public.

Hepatitis C

Hepatitis C is a liver infection caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV). Hepatitis C is spread through contact with blood from an infected person. Today, most people become infected with the hepatitis C virus by sharing needles or other equipment used to prepare and inject drugs. For some people, hepatitis C is a short-term illness, but for more than half of people who become infected with the hepatitis C virus, it becomes a long-term, chronic infection. Chronic hepatitis C can result in serious, even life-threatening health problems like cirrhosis and liver cancer. People with chronic hepatitis C can often have no symptoms and don’t feel sick. When symptoms appear, they often are a sign of advanced liver disease. There is no vaccine for hepatitis C. The best way to prevent hepatitis C is by avoiding behaviors that can spread the disease, especially injecting drugs. Getting tested for hepatitis C is important, because treatments can cure most people with hepatitis C in 8 to 12 weeks.

 

NJ Viral Hepatitis Elimination

Viral Hepatitis Elimination is an effort to reduce new infections and outbreaks of viral hepatitis (hepatitis A, B, and C), reduce deaths from viral hepatitis, expand vaccination access (hepatitis A and B), and manage/treat current infection (hepatitis B and C). Elimination efforts include raising awareness, reducing stigma, removing barriers to testing and treatment, and monitoring progress among communities and populations at-risk for infection.