World Hepatitis Day Initiatives
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Country: Mauritania
City: Nouakchott
Type: WHD
Mauritania - WHD 2011
World Hepatitis Day was celebrated on 28th July in Nouakchott, the capital and largest city of the country. The day opened with speeches from the Ministry of Health, the WHO country representative and the president of AMLIV who announced the theme of the day ‘Hepatitis B, pregnancy and newborns’ and stressed the importance of raising awareness about viral hepatitis.
Both patients and health professionals participated in this awareness raising event, information leaflets were distributed and round table debates took place on the sensitive issue of access to treatment. AMLIV presented on the role of NGOs and shared their experience of raising awareness of the disease. The event got media coverage with newspapers and national TV stations covering the event. Radio interviews were also given.