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Board Of Directors
Executive Directer
Vice President
Secretary / Treasurer
Partners
United
States Senator
John Breaux
NFL
Players Association
Dr. Rauolt Ratard
Epidemiologist
Louisiana
Music
Commission
New
Orleans Musicians
Clinic (NOMC)
WWOZ
Radio
Mark Stein, Atty
Tax Accountant
Committee Heads
Julie Kershaw
Barbara Gillmor
Ron Krajewski
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Mission
Statement
"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
Siren To
Wail, Inc.
is dedicated to raising public awareness, education and
prevention of the Hepatitis C Virus
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