Stories of the year
July
May
The viral hepatitis landscape changed
forever in May when the World Health
Assembly adopted the first ever global
strategy on viral hepatitis. By adopting
the strategy, governments across the
globe set the goal to eliminate viral
hepatitis by 2030, signaling the greatest
global commitment in viral hepatitis to
date. Find out more about the Global
Health Sector Strategy on viral hepatitis
and the central role played by patients in
achieving its adoption here.
June
Following the success of Tools
for Change, in June we launched
Knowledge for Change, a webinar
series aimed at educating patients
and patient representatives about
relevant topics in the area of
viral hepatitis, including access to
medicines, access to diagnostics
and access to generic hepatitis C
medicines. Watch the webinars
back here.
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Voice November/December 2016
In July we celebrated the most
successful World Hepatitis Day
to date. The sixth official WHD
took place on 28 July under the
WHA theme ‘NOhep – Eliminate
Hepatitis’ and WHO ‘Know
hepatitis - Act now’. The impact
of WHD grew substantially this
year with over 1,100 events
taking place in 174 countries as
well as 105 national governments
and 59 WHO Country Offices
commemorating the day. WHD
also marked a historic moment
for the hepatitis community – the
launch of NOhep, the first global
movement to eliminate viral
hepatitis. NOhep was launched in
77 countries throughout the world
and here in London, we marked
the launch with the world’s first
ever ‘die-in’ for viral hepatitis and
an illuminated banner in Piccadilly
Circus. How was WHD celebrated
in your country? Read the full WHD
2016 Global Summary Report here.
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