With the technical tools to eliminate viral hepatitis C available, focus must now be directed on garnering the political will to fund elimination efforts and deploying a harm reduction approach that can meaningfully impact affected populations by meeting them where they are and preventing damage to liver health and well-being before it happens.

In this month's episode of Is Your Liver Healthy?, guest host Gina Bartes, Vice President at Global Liver Institute, is joined by Dr. Beth Meyerson, director of the Harm Reduction Research Lab and Beverly Benson McCord Endowed Chair of Nursing at the University of Arizona, and Dr. Richard Manch, Chief of Hepatology at Arizona Liver Health.

To view your state's Report Card for Medicaid coverage of hepatitis C treatment, please visit https://stateofhepc.org/ (US residents).

Why are organ donation and transplantation so important to people with liver disease? Hear from a pediatric transplant recipient and her transplant surgeon on the process, the challenges, and the importance of organ donation to community well-being!

This month's guests:

• Sophie Hansen, 2x Liver Transplant Recipient
• Dr. Manuel Rodriguez-Davalos, Transplant Hepatologist & President of the Society of Pediatric Liver Transplantation (SPLIT)

GLP-1s, or glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists, are a class of medications used to treat type 2 diabetes, obesity, kidney disease, and other conditions. These drugs mimic GLP-1, a hormone that affects insulin release, slows stomach emptying, and affects satiety. Early studies suggest that GLP-1 drugs can benefit liver health as well. Explore the basics and what liver patients should know about GLP-1s with this month's guests:

• Joe Naglowski, President & CEO, Obesity Action Coalition
• Dr. Janese Laster, Gastroenterologist & founder of Gut Theory Total Digestive Care