In January 2023, the Hawaiʻi Department of Health released Hawaiʻi Hepatitis B Mortality and Liver Cancer, which analyzed publicly available data to explore the burden of hepatitis B and liver cancer deaths on communities throughout the state. The report demonstrated higher rates of the hepatitis B and liver cancer mortality in Hawaiʻi, compared to the ...
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Updated: 9/7/2022 The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a health advisory on May 20, 2022 regarding a confirmed case of monkeypox virus infection in Massachusetts. Case counts for Hawaii and the rest of the U.S. are posted here. The State of Hawaii Department of Health shares news releases, including about monkeypox, at the DOH ...
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Oʻahu Partners in Care has released its 2022 report on Sexual and Gender Minorities from its annual Homeless Point in Time Count. Download the report and slide deck. For more resources, check out the SGM Resource Hub.
In March 2022, the members of the Hawai’i SGM Workgroup released the third edition of the Hawai’i SGM Services Directory. This is an opt-in directory of organizations and individuals (including but not limited to the healthcare sector) providing identity-affirming services for sexual and gender minorities. As more service providers share information, the directory will be ...
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In January 2021, the members of the Hawai’i SGM Workgroup released the first edition of the Hawai’i SGM Services Directory. This is an opt-in directory of organizations and individuals (including but not limited to the healthcare sector) providing identity-affirming services for sexual and gender minorities. As more service providers share information, the directory will be ...
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In January 2021, the Transgender Law Center released the Trans Agenda for Liberation, an important contribution to our ongoing work for gender equity, both locally and nationally. In the words of the authors and contributors: “The Trans Agenda for Liberation is birthed through the labor of many generations. It is a living, evolving document that ...
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In January 2021, the HHS National Viral Hepatitis Strategic Plan: A Roadmap to Elimination for the United States (2021-2025) was released. Importantly, the Goals and Objectives of the plan align with our own local Hep Free 2030 strategy, developed in collaboration with our partners at Hep Free Hawai’i. To understand how to make national impact ...
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From Safe Spaces Hawaii, the ABCs of LGBTQ guides viewers through some basic but important lessons about sexual orientation, gender identity and expression. From the perspective of high school youth, this video shows the harm that bullying, stereotypes and rejection can have on youth as well as how youth can flourish with support from both ...
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Hawaii LGBT Legacy Foundation presents Rainbow Town Hall, a five part community discussion on key topics affecting the LGBTQIA+ community in Hawaii. A list of panelists will be released every week! To join, click here. For more information or questions, please contact Randy Soriano at [email protected]
Click Here to Register OVERVIEW The Learning Community for Clinicians: Testing, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Maternal and Congenital Syphilis is a series of four, 1-hour sessions designed for health care providers who work with pregnant women and newborns from communities that face cultural, economic and language barriers to obtaining good prenatal and neonatal care. This event is provided on ...
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