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Board Of Directors
Executive Directer
Dr. Robert Perrillo
Vice President
Gerald Cannon
Secretary / Treasurer
Partners
Louisiana
Music Commission
Louisiana Musicians Clinic
WWOZ Radio
Co-Chair
Mark Stein, Atty
Tax Accountant
Julie Kershaw
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"Siren To Wail"
Inc., a national non-profit organization formed on August 10,2000 whose
mission is to raise awareness, education, and prevention of the Hepatitis
C virus (HCV) with initial focus in Louisiana to the public and the medical
profession. To assist people affected by the disease offer hepatitis C
education and referral services for counseling, free/low cost testing,
screening and medical referral services for individuals, public health
and employer groups. One or more of every fifty people in the United States
are infected with the hepatitis C virus. Often called "The Silent
Epidemic", the disease can linger without symptoms for decades while
causing serious liver damage. Risk factors that indicate the need for
prompt screening include:
- Blood transfusion or solid organ transplant before 1992
- Treatments with blood clotting products before 1987
- Long-term kidney dialysis
- Shared drug needles; drug straws; body piercing needles; tattoo needles
and inks
- Accidental needlesticks; blood contact with the eyes, nose, mouth
or broken skin
- Unprotected sex with multiple partners
- Elevated liver blood tests
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