Who should get tested for Hepatitis?
- If you are or ever have been, sexually active
- If you were born in Asia or have a parent born in Asia
- If you were born in Africa or have a parent born in Africa
- If you have immigrated to the United States from an area where hepatitis is prevalent
- If you are pregnant
- If you live with someone with hepatitis
- If you were born from 1945 through 1965
- If you are a current or former injection drug user, even if you injected only one time or many years ago.
- If you were treated for a blood clotting problem before 1987.
- If you received a blood transfusion or organ transplant before July 1992.
- If you are on long-term hemodialysis treatment.
- If you have abnormal liver tests or liver disease.
- If you work in health care or public safety and were exposed to blood through a needle-stick or other sharp object injury.
- If you are infected with HIV.
Talk to your doctor to see how you can prevent Hepatitis and protect your health.
If you don't have a health care provider you can visit a location listed below.
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Unity Health Care
Locations across the District of Columbia
Phone: (202) 469-4699
Ward: 1 through 8
Hepatitis B and C testing available to patients. Call for information regarding becoming a patient. Fees based on a sliding scale with proof of income.
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Family and Medical Counseling Services
2041 Martin Luther King, Jr., Ave., SE, Washington, DC 20020
Phone: (202) 889-7900
Ward: 8
Hepatitis A, B, and C testing offered for HIV-positive patients. Accepts both insured and uninsured patients, possible sliding scale. -
La Clinica del Pueblo
2831 15th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20009
Phone: (202) 462-4788
Ward: 1
Free Hepatitis B and C Testing available to current patients. -
MedStar Washington Hospital Center
(HepC Linkage to Care Navigation)
110 Irving Street, NW Washington, DC 20010 (Clinic 2A 56)
Phone: (202) 877-6501
Email: [email protected]
Monday – Friday 8:00 am- 5:30 pm
The Program provides physician-directed hepatitis C virus testing, education and counseling services, and treatment. Social workers and a patient navigator are available to address barriers to treatment and care. Group and individual counseling are also available for program participants. If you think you may be at risk, or if you have hepatitis C and are not currently in care, we urge you to come in and seek help. -
So Others Might Eat (SOME)
60 O Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001
Phone: (202) 797-8806
Ward: 1
Offers Hepatitis B and C testing to current patients who are uninsured or have Medicaid, Medicare, Health Care Alliance, or Chartered Health. Fees based on a sliding scale. -
Whitman-Walker Health
Hepatitis Services are offered in several locations in the District of Columbia by Whitman-Walker Health.
Whitman-Walker Health @1525
1525 14th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005
Phone: (202) 745-7000
Max Robinson Center
2301 Martin Luther King, Jr., Ave, SE, Washington, DC 20020
Phone: (202) 745-7000
Eastern Market (For Youth and Young Adult only)
651 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, Washington, DC
Phone: (202) 745-7000
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Contact Phone:
(202) 671-4900
Contact TTY:
711