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International Liver Congress (ILC) 2017
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
From 18 – 23 April we attended the International Liver Congress to ensure
the patient voice was represented at one of the largest annual liver health
events and to gather support for the NOhep movement and elimination goal.
Throughout the event, we met with key partners and sponsors and used the
congress to profile a number of new initiatives.
Raquel Peck, WHA CEO, spoke at the ILC Opening Ceremony to an audience
of almost 10,000 people where she reinforced the important role medical
professionals must play in the elimination of viral hepatitis and launched the
NOhep Visionaries Programme for medical professionals.
The WHA/NOhep booth proved
popular with delegates with
over 500 visiting the booth
throughout the event. Delegates
were able to sign up to the NOhep
Visionaries Programme, have a
selfie taken at the World Hepatitis
Day #ShowYourFace pre-launch
photo booth, collect free NOhep
merchandise and learn more about
other initiatives including the World
Hepatitis Summit and WHO’s Global
Hepatitis Report, 2017. More info
on these projects and reports
throughout this month’s hepVoice.
Watch Raquel’s speech at the Opening Ceremony here.
“Last year I stood in front
of many of you as a patient.
Today I am standing in front
of you as a survivor, more
determined than ever to see
the elimination of this disease,
so that every man, woman
and child can experience the
same hope I now have for the
future.”
Raquel Peck, CEO, World Hepatitis
Alliance
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