Whereas the number of African immigrants and refugees living in the United States has increased by 500 percent between 1980 and 2016, and these communities are expected to continue growing at a high rate: United States census data have shown that the population of African immigrants has grown by 71 percent from 2001 to 2016 alone; Whereas HIV infection rates are 6 times higher in the African immigrant population than in the general United States population, and are nearly twice those of United States-born Black individuals; Whereas African immigrants face the highest average chronic hepatitis B rates in the country, with approximately 10 percent of these communities living with hepatitis B; Whereas HIV and hepatitis B and C are preventable and treatable conditions, and with appropriate attention and focus, health outcomes among African immigrant communities can be improved and lives can be saved; Whereas the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that individuals born in Africa, or individuals born in the United States who have at least one parent born in Africa, who were not vaccinated at birth, should be prioritized for hepatitis B testing; Whereas African immigrant communities face significant challenges to HIV and viral hepatitis testing, care, and treatment, and though they have high rates of infection, they have low rates of diagnosis and care