World Hepatitis Day
Every year on 28 July, WHO and partners mark World Hepatitis Day to increase the awareness and understanding of viral hepatitis and the diseases that it causes.
Hepatitis viruses A, B, C, D and E can cause acute and chronic infection and inflammation of the liver that can lead to cirrhosis and liver cancer. These viruses constitute a major global health risk with around 240 million people being chronically infected with hepatitis B and around 150 million people chronically infected with hepatitis C.
2016 | "Hepatitis C can be cured"
2015 | "Prevent hepatitis B and C"
2014 | "Care for your liver. Think about hepatitis"
2013 | “Hepatitis the silent killer. Know it. Confront it.”
2012 | “Hepatitis: It’s closer than you think. Know it. Confront it.”
