Julie Ann’s story of living with hepatitis B in the Philippines

Julie Ann, 36, learned that she had hepatitis B when she was pregnant with her first child. Julie was shocked because, when she was a nursing student, she had been medically required to get a hepatitis B vaccine, and during a visit to an infectious disease doctor, she was told she was nonreactive. She joined the Yellow Warrior Society, where she participated in a five-year study called CANDLE. Julie urges others to end the stigma and discrimination against people with hepatitis B.