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World Day of Social Justice: fighting for our right to health
By Raquel Peck By the time you finish reading this blog, a man, woman or child will have died from viral hepatitis; a disease which can either be...
World Hepatitis Alliance President-Elect announced
Michael Ninburg appointed as WHA President-Elect Today, the World Hepatitis Alliance (WHA) Executive Board announced that, following a comprehensive...
Elimination to take centre stage at APASL 2017
The elimination of viral hepatitis to dominate discussions at the 26th Conference of the Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver (APASL...
Industry and civil Society unite to help deliver hepatitis C medication in low-and middle-income countries
Today, MasterCard signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Gilead Sciences, Inc. to explore, in a pilot programme, the potential of using the...
India’s young filmmakers give a global voice to viral hepatitis survivors
Today, media charity tve today launches four powerful films that give voice to five individuals in India who have survived viral hepatitis, one of...
Leave no-one behind
On 3rd December, patients across the globe will unite to mark Patient Solidarity Day and reaffirm that patient-centred universal health coverage is...
HIV coinfection more than triples the risk of liver disease, liver failure and liver-related death from viral hepatitis
On World AIDS Day, the World Hepatitis Alliance calls for increased recognition of viral hepatitis and HIV coinfections London, 1 December 2016 –...
New WHA Executive Board announced
Our voting members have spoken and the votes have been counted! Following a fiercely contested election, we are delighted to announce our new...
WHO launches first-ever global report on access to hepatitis C treatment
New report from the World Health Organization (WHO) released today shows how political will, civil society advocacy and pricing negotiations are...
Launch of World Hepatitis Day 2016 Report
On 28 July 2016, patients, governments, organisations and many others participated the most successful World Hepatitis Day (WHD) to date, with 174...
New database sheds light on generic hep C drugs in low-and middle-income countries and how to access them
To provide information on the intellectual property status of priority medicines in 101 low-and middle-income countries, the Medicines Patent Pool (...
Interested in leading a global organisation in the fight to eliminate viral hepatitis?
The World Hepatitis Alliance (WHA) is seeking nominations for two key offices; President-Elect and Regional Executive Board Members, to drive action...
Europe Adopts Regional Action Plan to Eliminate Viral Hepatitis
Today, representatives from the 53 countries in the WHO European Region adopted the first-ever Action Plan for viral hepatitis. The Action Plan,...
CHANGE OF DATE: WORLD HEPATITIS SUMMIT 2017
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the Committee of the World Hepatitis Summit - comprising the World Hepatitis Alliance; World Health Organization and...
100 ACTIVISTS STAGE A “DIE-IN” TO SEND A POWERFUL MESSAGE TO WORLD LEADERS TO ELIMINATE VIRAL HEPATITIS
On World Hepatitis Day, the World Hepatitis Alliance and The Hepatitis C Trust, held the first hepatitis “die-in” at Piccadilly Circus in London to...
Globally, 95% of people living with a cancer-causing illness are unaware
On World Hepatitis Day, the World Hepatitis Alliance is calling for a dramatic scale up in viral hepatitis testing to reduce liver cancer deaths...
Treatment of hepatitis C has more than doubled since 2013. Yet 99% of people are still being denied the life-saving cure
On World Hepatitis Day, the World Hepatitis Alliance is calling for a dramatic scale up in testing and treatment across all countries to reduce the...
Viral hepatitis is the 7th leading killer worldwide, killing more people than HIV, TB or malaria
Viral hepatitis has become the seventh leading cause of death and disability in the world, killing more people in a year than HIV/AIDs, tuberculosis...
WHA presents Knowledge for Change webinar series to enhance hepatitis knowledge
Advocacy is a powerful tool but in order to effectively advocate and bring about change, it is important to first build our knowledge in key areas...
Governments on track to eliminate viral hepatitis by 2030
194 Member States commit to eliminating viral hepatitis at World Health Assembly On 28 May, 194 Member States made a historic commitment to eliminate...