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African American Council on Liver Awareness (AACLA)
The African American Council on Liver Awareness (AACLA), a non-profit, national organization established in 2007, consisting of medical professionals and healthworkers, social service and community and faith-based providers, promotes viral hepatitis prevention, treatment and research in an effort to educate and optimize the health of the African American community. Their slogan, "It's not about color. It's about care. It's about a cure," has served as a call for increased education and advocacy for those within communities of color who have been affected by viral hepatitis and other liver diseases.

AACLA receives and identifies emerging and established information concerning products and services used to diagnose, prevent and treat viral hepatitis in the African American population. The council serves as a credible resource in both the African American community and the viral liver diseases arena by providing policy and information analysis, education and technical assistance.

The organization's outreach program, Hepatitis C Multicultural Outreach (HEP C-MO) works extensively in the ten states with the highest population of African Americans - New York, California, Texas, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, Illinois, Michigan, Maryland, and Virginia, providing screening, testing and viral hepatitis training for community leaders and health care services.