World Hepatitis Alliance

Together our stories can change the way the world sees viral hepatitis. The stories of those living with or impacted by viral hepatitis can help educate and raise awareness, provide support and inspiration, tackle stigma and discrimination, and highlight the true impact of this global disease. Explore our Wall of Stories and share your story here.

Watch the recording of our special webinar for an overview on this year’s World Hepatitis Day social media campaign, ideas on using social media to promote your activities and tips on increasing engagement. The webinar also looks at how to make the most of patient case studies as well as featuring insights from communications experts and WHA members.

On World Hepatitis Day (WHD), 28 July, the world joins together to drive action, to transform the lives of 300+ million people and to play a part in the fight to eliminate viral hepatitis by 2030. 

To find out more about this year's campaign, download resources and watch our launch webinar, visit the World Hepatitis Day website.

Registration now open for World Indigenous Peoples’ Conference on Viral Hepatitis, 8-9 August in Anchorage, Alaska, USA.

The programme for the World Hepatitis Summit 2017 has now been launched and can be viewed on the event’s website. The theme of this year’s Summit is Implementing the Global Health Sector Strategy on Viral Hepatitis (GHSS): Towards the elimination of hepatitis as a public health threat. This programme seeks to promote advocacy, encourage the exchange of ideas and facilitate learning to use in the fight against viral hepatitis. 

Catch up on our latest projects, news from members and key developments in the field of hepatitis. Click here to read the latest edition.

Viral hepatitis is the seventh leading cause of death globally, accounting for 1.4 million deaths per year – more than HIV/AIDS, TB or malaria.

The World Hepatitis Alliance provides global leadership in awareness-raising, advocacy and in the fight to end social injustice, driving action to achieve a world free from viral hepatitis.