Sorry for the late post; Yesterday was World Hepatitis day.........
World Hepatitis Day is an annual event on the 28th
July that provides international focus for patient groups and people
living with viral hepatitis. It is an opportunity to raise awareness and
influence real change in disease prevention and access to testing and
treatment.
World Hepatitis Day is recognised every
year on the 28th July. This date was chosen to mark the birthday of
Professor Baruch Blumberg, awarded the Nobel Prize for his work in
discovering the hepatitis B virus. He said: ‘It's good to know that my
birthday will be remembered in this unusual and unexpected way. We
never thought this would happen when we were studying a strange protein
from Australia.’
World Hepatitis Day was launched by the World Hepatitis Alliance in
2008 in response to the concern that chronic viral hepatitis did not
have the level of awareness, nor the political priority, seen with other
communicable diseases such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. In
May 2010 the World Health Assembly passed resolution WHA63.18 on viral
hepatitis which provides official endorsement of World Hepatitis
Day. Since 2010 World Hepatitis Day has been coordinated by the World
Hepatitis Alliance in collaboration with the WHO.
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