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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...
A make-or-break moment for the first viral hepatitis strategy
REPOSTED FROM DEVEX : By Jenny Lei Ravelo @JennyLeiRavelo Six years ago, advocates against viral hepatitis experienced a huge win: Member states at...
7.1 million lives to be saved if governments agree to eliminate global killer
The World Hepatitis Alliance is calling on 194 Member States to support the adoption of the World Health Organization’s first ever Elimination...
Animated video launched to help support the adoption of WHO’s Viral Hepatitis Strategy at the World Health Assembly
To coincide with the 69th World Health Assembly, the World Hepatitis Alliance has launched an animated video to showcase the importance of WHO’s...
World Hepatitis Alliance supports UK member in fight for patient rights
The World Hepatitis Alliance is supporting The Hepatitis C Trust, a UK based charity, in their law-suit against National Health Service (NHS) England...
Launch of Regional Action Plan for Viral Hepatitis in the Western Pacific 2016–2020
In the Western Pacific Region, more people die from viral hepatitis than from HIV, tuberculosis and malaria combined. The Region has a quarter of the...
Welcoming two new members to the World Hepatitis Alliance
The World Hepatitis Alliance continues to grow as we welcome two new member organisations. Our membership is now made up of over 230 groups in 82...
Meeting convened to address financing the elimination of viral hepatitis in Mongolia
At the World Health Assembly later this month, 194 Member States are expected to adopt World Health Organization’s first ever Elimination Strategy...
Launch of World Hepatitis Day 2016 website and materials
It’s that time of the year again! We are delighted to announce that the World Hepatitis Day 2016 (WHD2016) website is now available with a full set...
Innovative new programme set to treat 10,000 patients co-infected with hepatitis C and HIV
The World Hepatitis Alliance welcomes the announcement of a new programme initiated by the Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (CHAI) and...
In honour of Eduardo Pérez-Pegué
It is with great sadness that we learn of the loss of Eduardo Pérez Pegué. Eduardo was the first activist fighting for the rights of people living...
Research shows doctors are failing to diagnose more than 50% of patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV)
London, 13 April 2016 – Survey results show people living with HCV in the UK, the Netherlands and Belarus are less likely to be diagnosed than their...
WHA welcomes new Project Manager to the team
Jessica Hicks recently joined the WHA team as a Project Manager. She will help deliver a number of projects for WHA and will drive the World...
Homie Razavi joins World Hepatitis Alliance Executive Board
We are delighted to announce that Homie A. Razavi, PhD, has joined the World Hepatitis Alliance (WHA) Executive Board as a Non-Executive member....
HCV Quest Toolkit: Your guide to using surveys for advocacy
Good survey findings can make powerful tools for patient advocacy. The HCV Quest Global Patient Survey has produced compelling data on the real...
WHA Executive Board set vision for 2016 – 2017
On 11 – 12 February, the World Hepatitis Alliance Executive Board met in London for the annual board meeting to help set the vision for the...