World Hepatitis Day 2025; July 28th.

FORUM: "Let’s Break it down." World Hepatitis Day 2025. This World Hepatitis Day, let’s break down the barriers holding us back from a hepatitis-free world. The World Hepatitis Alliance, our partners, allies, and our 400 members in 120 countries are calling for action to end this entirely preventable disease. Our goals is that everyone understand what they need to make informed choices about hepatitis testing, treatment and vaccination. For decision makers to become advocates, providing the resources needed to improve the lives of affected communities. An end to the stigma for people living with hepatitis, ensuring no one is left behind. That everyone sees that hepatitis elimination is not only possible but achievable – if we all work together to make it happen. Discover ways you can ‘break it down’ wherever you are, and help the world eliminate hepatitis. Follow the conversations with the hashtags: #worldhepatitisday, #28July, #hepatitis, #by2030.

EVENTS: On July 28th from 13:00 – 15:00 CET; The World Hepatitis Day 2025 will be held online hosted by the World Hepatitis Alliance, the World Heath Organization (WHO), the WHO/PAHO; the WHO Europe, the WHO SEARO, the WHO EMRO, the WHO WPRO and the WHO African Regional offices with the participation of the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC). The webinar will feature WHO leaders and high-profile speakers in a multi-stakeholder discussion to share country examples and solutions that highlight the importance of the liver for a healthy life and the need to scale up viral hepatitis prevention, testing and treatment to optimize liver health, prevent liver disease and achieve the 2030 hepatitis elimination. It will highlight the importance of a public health elimination approach and upcoming complementary guidelines update that has the potential to change the trajectory of the hepatitis B response.

On Monday July 28th, 2025 from 13:30 to 15:00 CEST will be held a webinar to mark the World Hepatitis Day 2025 in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), the Rotary International and the World Hepatitis Alliance. Join the Global leaders, policymakers, and health champions for a virtual event focused on Breaking down barriers to viral hepatitis elimination and liver cancer preventions. Featuring speakers from WHO, the Rotary International and the World Hepatitis Alliance, global partners, Ministers of Health and country representatives from China, Thailand, Brazil, Rwanda, among others. Registration, Agenda and more details are available. Register to participate and watch the livestream!

On Friday; July 25th from 12:30 to 14:00 (GMT+1) will be held a community forum entitled '' Let's break it down." Register to participate!

On Tuesday July 22nd, 2025 from 13:00-14:00 (GMT +1) join the World Hepatitis Day 2025 webinar entitled "Scaling up Hepatitis birth dose." Register to participate!

On Thursday July 17th 2025 from 13:00 to 14:15 (GMT+1). The World Hepatitis Alliance will held a virtual event. Join the World Hepatitis Day 2025 webinar entitled "Breaking down Hepatitis A",

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STATEMENT: Statement from Dr. Tedros on World Hepatitis Day 2025; July 28th.

World Hepatitis Day 2024; July 28th.

FORUM: "It’s time for action." World Hepatitis Day 2024. With a person dying every 30 seconds from a hepatitis-related illness, we must accelerate action on better prevention, diagnosis, and treatment to save lives and improve health outcomes. There are 5 main strains of the hepatitis virus – A, B, C, D, and E. Together, hepatitis B and C are the most common infections and result in 1.3 million deaths and 2.2 million new infections per year. Despite better tools for diagnosis and treatment, and decreasing product prices, testing and treatment coverage rates have stalled. But, reaching the WHO elimination goal by 2030 should still be achievable, if swift action is taken now. Follow the conversations with the hashtags: #worldhepatitisday, #28July, #hepatitis, #by2030.

EVENTS: On July 28th; The World Hepatitis Day 2024 will be held online from 13:00 – 15:00 CET. The webinar will feature WHO leaders and high-profile speakers in a multi-stakeholder discussion to share country examples and solutions that highlight the importance of the liver for a healthy life and the need to scale up viral hepatitis prevention, testing and treatment to optimize liver health, prevent liver disease and achieve the 2030 hepatitis elimination. It will highlight the importance of a public health elimination approach and upcoming complementary guidelines update that has the potential to change the trajectory of the hepatitis B response. Hosted by the World Hepatitis Alliance, the World Heath Organization (WHO), the WHO/PAHO; the WHO Europe, the WHO SEARO, the WHO EMRO, the WHO WPRO and the WHO African Regional offices with the participation of the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC).

 

On July 29th, from 12:30 – 14:30 pm (CEST), the WHO is organizing a global webinar on the campaign theme It's time for action, and sub-theme Global hepatitis response: Closing the gap towards the 2030 elimination goals. This broad theme highlights the fact that progress, as well as action, have stalled and that the global health community needs to get back on track toward viral hepatitis elimination by 2030. This global webinar will provide spotlights and country progress on access from communities, and partners, as well as new approaches for increased case finding for hepatitis B and C and for transforming the hepatitis B response to a public health approach. It will feature high level international and national leaders with participation of Ministers of Health, national programme managers and policy makers, UN organizations, implementation agencies and regional and country office colleagues as well as civil society and people with lived experience and other partners. It is time for action to accelerate the reduction in new hepatitis infections, stem the decreasing mortality and aid countries in achieving the goal of elimination by 2030. Register here!

On July 25th; As part of the activities, the WHO/Europe will host a webinar focusing on the new recommendations for hepatitis B, including the broader eligibility for treatment and how countries are planning to implement these changes in their national programmes. Webinar registration.

On July 25th; As part of the activities, from 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. (EDT, Washington D.C.), the PAHO will held a webinar; Our regional effort to eliminate viral hepatitis is strategically aligned with PAHO's Communicable Disease Elimination Initiative. This initiative represents a significant opportunity for governments, communities, and stakeholders to join forces and work together to eliminate more than 30 communicable diseases and related conditions in the Americas by 2030. The World Hepatitis Day also seeks to highlight the support of key stakeholders in this effort, as well as to share good practices and experiences from PAHO Member States. Read the agenda programme and watch the livestream!

STATEMENTS: Statement from Dr. Tedros on World Hepatitis Day 2024; July 28th.

PUBLICATIONS: Global Hepatitis Report 2024 - Action for access in low- and middle-income countries. This report presents the latest estimates on the disease burden and the coverage of essential viral hepatitis services from 187 countries across the world.

World Hepatitis Day 2023; July 28th.

 FORUM: "One life, one liver." World Hepatitis Day 2023.

Over one million hepatitis-related deaths every single year – and one new chronic infection every ten seconds. And that’s why liver health is fundamental to human health. So many hepatitis deaths could be prevented. Because there are vaccines and effective treatments for hepatitis B and even a cure for hepatitis C - you CAN protect yourself and your loved ones. Speak to your local healthcare provider to find out how to protect yourself from hepatitis.

EVENTS:  Global Hepatitis Webinar – One life, one liver

Scaling-up the testing and treatment of viral hepatitis towards the 2030 elimination goals.

On World Hepatitis Day (WHD) 2023, WHO will host a global webinar in collaboration with partners worldwide, to raise awareness on the viral hepatitis epidemic. The theme for WHD 2023 is “One life, one liver” and it is positioned to illuminate the importance of the liver to the hepatitis elimination agenda.

One of the key features of the event will be highlights from the second and updated 2023 version of the country elimination validation guidance which incorporates the lessons and feedback from the implementation pilot conducted in all WHO regions, as well as experiences from other countries. This revised guidance establishes for the first time a global criterion for Path to Elimination (PTE) for hepatitis B and C for Members States that have made significant progress towards viral elimination but have challenges achieving 2030 targets due to a high baseline burden or absolute targets of incidence or mortality.

The PTE describes a step-wise progression through the prevention, diagnosis and treatment coverage from bronze to silver to gold tiers and will promote an iterative expansion of programmes and strengthening of measurement systems towards demonstrating 2030 elimination impact targets. Several countries are eligible for these tiers and are already actively engaging to commence the official process of validation.

The webinar will feature WHO leaders and high-profile speakers in a multi-stakeholder discussion to share country examples and solutions that highlight the importance of the liver for a healthy life and the need to scale up viral hepatitis prevention, testing and treatment to optimize liver health, prevent liver disease and achieve the 2030 hepatitis elimination. It will highlight the importance of a public health elimination approach and upcoming complementary guidelines update that has the potential to change the trajectory of the hepatitis B response.

The World Hepatitis Day 2023 will be held online on July 28th from 13:00 – 15:00 CET. Hosted by the World Hepatitis Alliance, the World Heath Organization (WHO), the WHO/PAHO; the WHO Europe, the WHO SEARO, the WHO EMRO, the WHO WPRO and the WHO African Regional offices with the participation of the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC). Register to participate and  Get the flyer!

Global Hepatitis Webinar – One life, one liver.

 STATEMENTS: Statement from Dr. Tedros on World Hepatitis Day 2023; July 28th.

KEY MESSAGES

World Hepatitis Day 2023 Key Messages

1. We’ve only got one life, and we’ve only got one liver. Hepatitis can devastate both.

A liver silently performs over 500 vital functions every single day to keep us alive. That’s why prioritizing liver health – and knowing our hepatitis status – is so important. 

• As well as knowing our hepatitis status and seeking treatment, reducing alcohol, achieving a healthy weight, treating hypertension and managing diabetes are key to a healthy liver.
• The benefits of a healthy liver include:

1. Living longer.
2. Protecting your loved ones against hepatitis.
3. Protecting other vital organs, including the heart, brain and kidneys, that rely on the liver to function.

2. Viral hepatitis still kills over a million people every year.

• Combined, hepatitis B and hepatitis C cause 1.1 million deaths and 3 million new infections every year.
• 350 million people are living with a chronic viral hepatitis infection.
• 3,000 people die from hepatitis every day. That’s one hepatitis death every thirty seconds.
• Over 8,000 new hepatitis B and C infections occur each day. That’s over 5 infections every minute.
• If the current trajectory continues, viral hepatitis will kill more people annually than malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS combined by 2040.

3. Globally, there’s a huge number of undiagnosed and untreated people living with hepatitis. This must change.

Hepatitis infection is silent and liver health awareness is low. Most symptoms only appear once the disease is advanced, resulting in a huge volume of undiagnosed people living with hepatitis. Even when hepatitis is diagnosed, the number of people who go on to receive treatment is incredibly low.

• Most people discover they have hepatitis B or C after many years of silent infection, and only when they develop serious liver disease or cancer.
• Even after diagnosis, the level of treatment and care for people living with hepatitis is astonishingly poor.
• Only 10% of people with chronic hepatitis B are diagnosed. Only 22% of those receive treatment – that’s just 2% of the total global health burden.
• Only 21% of people with hepatitis C are diagnosed. 62% of those diagnosed receive treatment to cure them – just 13% of the total global health burden.

4. So many hepatitis infections – and deaths – can be prevented.


Offering easy-to-navigate services at local health facilities is key to successfully ending hepatitis.

• To eliminate hepatitis and achieve the WHO’s ambitious targets by 2030, simplified primary care services for viral hepatitis should ensure that:All pregnant women living with chronic hepatitis B have access to treatment and their infants have access to hepatitis B birth vaccines to prevent infection.
• 90% of people living with hepatitis B and/or hepatitis C are diagnosed.
• 80% of diagnosed people are cured or treated according to newer expanded eligibility criteria.
• Hepatitis C can be prevented by adequately screening all donated blood, ensuring safe injection practices in health care settings, at home and especially among people who inject drugs.
• After years of climbing treatment numbers, current data shows that the number of people accessing the hepatitis C cure is slowing.
• A 12-week course of medication to cure hepatitis C now costs 60 USD, down from the original costs of more than 90,000 USD when first introduced.
• Hepatitis B can be prevented through vaccination and effectively managed via treatment. Treatment for hepatitis B now costs less than 30 USD per year (2.4 USD per month).
• These price drops should boost treatment rates.

5. With COVID-19 no longer a global health emergency, now’s the time to eliminate viral hepatitis and meet our 2030 targets.


COVID-19 slowed progress of the global hepatitis response in recent years. However, continued success in reducing hepatitis B infections in children proves that progress is possible. Now’s the time to prioritize testing and treatment to realize a hepatitis-free world and meet our 2030 targets.

• The reduction of hepatitis B infections in children by effective vaccination practice is one of the few Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) health targets that’s on track. It’s also the only hepatitis target on track.
• However, there are still too few countries in Africa that have access to hepatitis B ‘timely birth dose vaccine’, which are given in the first 24 hours after birth. Efforts to scale this up stalled due to COVID-19.
• Giving more hepatitis B vaccines at birth is urgently needed to meet the SDG target of preventing mother-to-child transmission.

CAMPAIGN MATERIALS: World Hepatitis Day '' Its time to act.''

You’ve only got one life, and you’ve only got one liver. Hepatitis can devastate both.

Your liver silently performs over 500 vital functions every single day to keep you alive.

But viral hepatitis infection is also silent, with symptoms only appearing once the disease is advanced. Although there are many different types of hepatitis viruses (A to E), hepatitis B and C are the most concerning and cause nearly 8000 new infections every day, which are mostly going undetected. 

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World Hepatitis Day 2022; July 28th.

 FORUM: Bringing hepatitis care closer to you. World Hepatitis Day 2022.

The WHO is highlighting the need for bringing hepatitis care closer to the primary health facilities and communities so that people have better access to treatment and care, no matter what type of hepatitis they may have. WHO aims to achieve hepatitis elimination by 2030. To get there, WHO calls on countries to achieve specific targets:

• Reduce new infections of hepatitis B and C by 90%;
• Reduce hepatitis related deaths from liver cirrhosis and cancer by 65%;
• Ensure that at least 90% of people with hepatitis B and C virus are diagnosed; and
• At least 80% of those eligible receive appropriate treatment.

World Hepatitis is observed each year on 28 July to raise awareness of viral hepatitis, which 

causes inflammation of the liver that leads to severe disease and liver cancer.

The world is currently facing a new outbreak of unexplained acute hepatitis infections affecting

 children. WHO, together with scientists and policymakers in affected countries, are working to 

understand the cause of this infection that does not appear to belong to any of the known 5 types

 of hepatitis viruses: A,B,C,D, and E. This new outbreak brings focus on thousands of acute 

viral hepatitis infections that occur among children, adolescents and adults every year. Most acute

hepatitis infections cause mild  disease and even go undetected. But in some cases, they can lead 

complications and be fatal. In 2019  alone, an estimated 78 000 deaths occurred worldwide due to

complications of acute hepatitis A to E infections.

Global efforts prioritize the elimination of the hepatitis infections B, C and D infections. Unlike 

acute viral hepatitis, these 3 infections cause chronic hepatitis that lasts for several decades and

culminate in over 1 million deaths per year from cirrhosis and liver cancer. These 3 types of chronic

hepatitis infections are responsible for over 95% of hepatitis deaths. While we have the guidance 

and tools to diagnose, treat, and prevent chronic viral hepatitis, these services are often out of reach

of communities and are sometimes only available at centralized/specialized hospitals.

 

            

KEY MESSAGES
1. Establish high quality hepatitis services

Ensuring everyone has access to hepatitis services that responds to their needs and that 

are equitable, effective, efficient, timely and of an acceptable quality.

 
2. Locate hepatitis care close to home

Decentralizing hepatitis care to peripheral health facilities, community-based venues

and locations beyond hospital sites, brings care nearer to patients’ homes.

 
3. Promote task-sharing

Using non-specialist health workers who are trained in these areas

4. Integrate and link hepatitis care with existing public health services

Hepatitis treatment and care can be expanded using primary care as well as HIV, harm reduction 

services (OSTs and needle exchange programs), as well as prison health services.

5. Ensure resilient and equitable health systems

Strong health systems that are adequately funded and equipped can deliver quality hepatitis 

care to all.



CALLS TO ACTION

Public

• Educate yourself and play a part to stop transmission of hepatitis in the community.
• Speak to your health care worker and ensure timely testing and treatment to prevent cirrhosis and liver disease.
• Make sure you get tested for hepatitis B if pregnant. This can prevent transmission to babies.
• Ensure your baby is vaccinated against hepatitis B within 24 hours of birth.

Global leaders

• Focus on decentralizing care to lower-level facilities, primary health and other relevant services including HIV, harm reduction and prison services
• Prioritize embedding hepatitis care with primary health care to promote person-centred care
• Ensure adequate funding for hepatitis care and mobilization of domestic funds
• Universal health coverage for all people living with chronic hepatitis B and C

National leaders, and especially those in highly affected countries

• A world without viral hepatitis by 2030 starts with your country. Scale up and decentralize testing and treatment services to primary health care
• Honour commitments already made and further commit to prioritise and fund comprehensive hepatitis programmes so that everyone, everywhere, has access to affordable prevention, testing, treatment and care
• Enhance integrated service delivery and task sharing delivered by trained non-specialist clinicians
• Integrate hepatitis reporting and monitoring into existing surveillance and health information systems
• Sustain hepatitis services as part of universal health coverage
• Engaging communities in hepatitis services, leverage private sector and beyond health sector.

  

“It’s closer than you think” is the theme of World Hepatitis Day 2012

World Hepatitis Alliance

 

“It’s closer than you think” is the theme of this year’s World Hepatitis Day, which takes place on ?  2012.

The campaign focuses on raising awareness of the different forms of hepatitis: what they are and how they are transmitted; who is at risk; and the various methods of prevention and treatment.

Despite its staggering toll on health, hepatitis remains a group of diseases that are largely unknown, undiagnosed and untreated.