Hepatitis B Initiative (HBI) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 2006 in Washington DC. Their mission is to mobilize communities to address health disparities, with a special focus on preventing infectious diseases and liver cancer among vulnerable populations. HBI offers a wide range of products and services to achieve this goal.

Through collaborative partnerships, they provide culturally and linguistically appropriate outreach, education, screening, testing, vaccination, linkage to care, and patient navigation services to impacted communities. HBI's dedicated multilingual staff and volunteers can serve individuals in nine different languages, including Amharic, Chinese, French, Korean, Mongolian, Vietnamese, and more. With their capacity to outreach, educate, screen, test, and link over 2,000 individuals to healthcare and treatment services annually, HBI is making a significant impact in the Washington, DC – Baltimore, MD metropolitan areas.

Through their efforts, they aim to promote immigrant health equity and save lives by detecting HBV and HCV infections early