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Fighting for a world free from #hepatitis #by2030. Follow to help eliminate this deadly disease, which claims one life every 30 seconds. @worldhepalliance.bsky.
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"Let's get to work because Hepatitis Can't Wait.". We are inspired by the #WorldHepatitisDay message from @DrTedros @who. Let's get to work to achieve elimination by 2030! 👏. #WHDRelay
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WorldHepatitisSummit today we commit to set targets toward the elimination of hepatitis #Hepatitis2015 #EliminateHep
http://t.co/2it62tyBKz.
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We are proud to launch the #WorldHepatitisDay campaign Hepatitis Can't Wait during #WHA74. Viral hepatiitis is one of the most neglected health issues of our time. On July 28 join us to tell the world that Hepatitis Can't Wait. Join the campaign at
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300 million people living with viral hepatitis are unaware of their status, that’s equivalent to the 4th most populous country! We want to change this, help us by completing our survey at the following link
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For #WorldHepatitisDay, @LiverHealthy is joining global efforts to increase access to hepatitis services by providing testing, vaccinations, and linkage to care services for people in Plateau State, Nigeria. Join the movement in Plateau! It's #TimeforAction!
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#WorldHepatitisDay is on 28 July, and this year the theme is ‘I Can’t Wait’. Watch the campaign video to hear from people from around the world telling us why they can’t wait for a world without hepatitis! .#ICantWait #HepCantWait #NOhep.
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It was great to see that, despite #COVID19, some hepatitis testing events were still able to go ahead on #WorldHepatitisDay. Here are @Healthdrive1 and @tnci_africa delivering testing to the community of Ebute Ilaje in Nigeria. Great work to help #FindTheMissingMillions!
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I am super excited and honoured to be starting 2024 as the new president of the World Hepatitis Alliance. I want to thank @DanjumaAdda, who has been an incredible president and will be a tough act to follow. 2024 will be a big year for all of us, and I am looking forward to
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Our virtual World Hepatitis Summit is taking place on 7-10 June! We'll take stock of progress towards eliminating #hepatitis and share ideas, experiences and best practice in addressing #viralhepatitis. Want to join us? Find out more: @HepBFoundation
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BIG NEWS: @NHSEngland has struck a ground-breaking deal with 3 pharmaceutical companies pledging all patients access to #hepC treatments & that they will work together to find undiagnosed patients - This is an unprecedented move to #FindtheMissingMillions
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“I’m calling on everybody in this room to take responsibility!” WHA President Michael Ninburg urges delegates at #ILC2018 to play their part to #FindtheMissingMillions in his Opening Ceremony speech.
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We are delighted to announce @caryjameslondon as our new CEO and @swang8 as our President-elect. Both Cary and Su are incredible advocates. We are so excited to have them on board.
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It's incredible to see #hepatitis recognised at this level - congratulations to Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice on their #NobelPrize. Their ground-breaking discovery has allowed for the development of life-changing curative therapies and saved so many lives.
BREAKING NEWS: .The 2020 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded jointly to Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice “for the discovery of Hepatitis C virus.”
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#WorldHepatitisDay is happening in Ghana! @ImmunologyNMIMR is raising awareness about hepatitis with radio talk shows, social media, and community outreach. They’re also offering testing services and connecting those diagnosed to clinics. @Hepmalgh .#TimeforAction #WHDRelay
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As #WorldHepatitisDay reaches Europe, Prof Maria Buti & EASL colleagues have taken on the #WHDRelay! . This is a call for #publichealth strategy, awareness, advocacy, political commitment and community action to eliminate #hepatitis! . #HepCantWait @EASLnews @Mariabutif
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Today is #WorldHepatitisDay and our opportunity to raise awareness of the need for increased #hepatitis diagnosis across the world. Sign our #FindtheMissingMillions Thunderclap now to add your voice
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“#WorldHepatitisDay is a chance for all those affected by #hepatitis to come together” - @swang8 . This is what WHD means to us. What does it mean to you? Let us know.
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Greater prevention measures needed to reach elimination. Raise awareness on #WorldHepatitisDay 28 July to stop this
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We've done it! . Thank you to everyone who took part in and celebrated #WorldHepatitisDay yesterday. Together we are strong. Together we cannot be ignored. Together we can eliminate viral #hepatitis by 2030! #FindtheMissingMillions
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#Egypt is leading the way in the elimination of viral #hepatitis - and not just in their own country. They have tested 30,632 African citizens from South Sudan, Chad and Eritrea for #hepatitis C and provided free treatment for 376. Read more: #NOhep.
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Every year, more than a million lives are lost to #hepatitis. We’re #NotWaiting for change – we’re fighting to make it happen. As we count down to #WorldHepatitisDay, let's raise awareness of viral hepatitis and the urgent need for testing and treatment for the real people who
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It's international #YouthDay . We are inspired by young people across the world who work with their communities in fighting hepatitis. Find out more about the role of young people in hepatitis elimination in our Youth Can't Wait webinar .
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#WorldHepatitisDay in Australia 👏. People who use drugs are #NotWaiting!. @INHepSU is calling for countries to prioritise the health of people who use drugs in #hepatitis elimination. Watch to learn more about how #hepatitis affects this key population. #WHDRelay #HepCantWait
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.@WHO's theme for #WorldHepatitisDay 2020 is #HepatitisFreeFuture. We and our members around the world are working tirelessly to make a hepatitis-free future a reality - RT if you're with us!
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7 days to go! Unless there is a massive scale-up in screening and diagnosis to #FindTheMissingMillions, more people will become infected and livers will continue to be lost. Join our campaign this #WorldHepatitisDay!
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Closing statements from Saima Wazed, @WHOSEARO Regional Director, and the Indigenous people who hosted their session for the first time at the Summit on Tuesday. They called on everyone to work closely together to save future generations from new viral hepatitis infections.
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Tomorrow is #WorldHepatitisDay!🎉. WHD is an opportunity to celebrate the actions individuals take in their own lives every day to protect themselves from the harm of hepatitis. Read more from our President's @DanjumaAdda #WHD message!. 👉 . #HepCantWait
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No one should have to live with viral hepatitis without knowing. Yet more than 290 million men, women and children globally do. Sign the #FindtheMissingMillions Thunderclap and encourage people to get tested on #WorldHepatitisDay
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We are honoured to have Dr Tim Block, co-founder and President of the @HepBFoundation & @BlumbergInstit1 join the #WHDRelay. On #WorldHepatitisDay, like every day, the Hepatitis B Foundation will be working hard to find a cure for #hepatitis B and to #FindTheMissingMillions!
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The #Covid_19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on #hepatitis elimination efforts. It's time to act. Hepatitis Can't Wait. Read our comment in the @LancetGastroHep for #WorldHepatitisDay #NOhep
The #COVID19 pandemic has caused significant disruption to #NoHep efforts and jeopardises the future of many #hepatitis community organisations. Urgent action is needed. Read the @Hep_Alliance Comment in @LancetGastroHep: #WorldHepatitisDay
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Today is #WorldCancerDay. Liver #cancer is the 2nd leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide. Get tested for #hepatitis B and C. #NOhep
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“The more we talk about it, the more it de-stigmatises it for the whole community”. @swang8 found out she was living with #hepatitis B in college. Today, she is our President-elect. Watch her inspirational story -. Find more patient stories -
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Viral #hepatitis remains neglected by health financing mechanisms. We must catalyse action for impact!. READ our joint publication in @LancetGastroHep ➡️ 🙌. #HepCantWait .@CHAI_health @hepatitisfund @PATHtweets @HRInews @TheDohertyInst @GlobalHep @EGPAF
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We are the World Hepatitis Alliance - "We want a world without viral hepatitis!" #Hepatitis2015
http://t.co/j8HaGBdwFm.
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October is #LiverCancerAwarnessMonth!. Nearly a million lives are lost to this cancer globally every year. Early detection of viral #hepatitis can help prevent many of these deaths. Get tested today to reduce your liver cancer risk. Liver cancer can't wait. #HepatitisCantWait
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71 million people live with #hepatitis C worldwide. Share to help raise awareness on #WorldHepatitisDay
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9/10 people living with viral #hepatitis don't know. Without increasing diagnosis rates to #FindtheMissingMillions, we will miss our chance to #eliminate this global killer. Use our campaign materials to raise your voice today on #WorldHepatitisDay:
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We cannot wait to take action to address hepatitis B related stigma and discrimination. Today we release our Stigma Report, highlighting the need for action. Read the report at . #HepatitisCantWait .#TLMdX21 .#TLMdX.#LiverMtg21
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Congratulations to Rengasamy Ponnusamy Shanmugam, Rachel Halford and Patricia Velez-Moller for being re-elected to WHA's Executive Board for SEARO, EURO and PAHO regions! 👏👏👏 We look forward to continuing our joint fight against #hepatits in 2021!.
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Hepatitis is one of the leading causes of liver cancer worldwide. We can prevent and treat hepatitis, yet liver cancer rates continue to rise because of a lack of global action. On this #WorldCancerDay we call for action. #HepatitisCantWait
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More than 290 million people live with viral hepatitis without knowing. Join the Quest to #FindTheMissingMillions - #WorldHepatitisDay
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One year to go!. We are pleased to announce that the World Hepatitis Summit will return in 2022 with a hybrid meeting. 🗓️June 8-10 2022.📍Bangkok, Thailand. Register your interest today:
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“Countries will spend less eliminating hepatitis c than doing nothing at all” strong words from @Homie_Razavi #HepSummit2017
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Hepatitis C is a major cause of liver cancer and cirrhosis. Luckily, #hepatitis C infection is preventable and treatable! Check out the infographic below to learn more 👇. #WorldHepatitisDay
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NEWS: World Hepatitis Alliance and @IAPAC announce #FastTrackCities partnership at #FTC2019. “We are excited to join with the @FastTrackCities initiative to accelerate and strengthen cities’ responses to viral hepatitis," - WHA CEO Cary James. Read more:
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Today on #WorldHepatitisDay we are proud to release our #FindtheMissingMillions white paper that sets out recommendations on how to overcome the barriers #hepatitis B & C diagnosis. Download here
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What an amazing way to end #WorldHepatitisSummit! We're so thrilled that the 4th WHS 2024 will be in Lisbon, Portugal!👏.WHS 2024 will bring the global community together and continue to drive #hepatitis elimination. Vemo-nos em Lisboa! 🇵🇹
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Join our president Dr Su Wang at #TLMdX to discuss the importance of partnerships between physicians and people with lived experience of liver disease. Starting soon at The Liver Meeting patient programme. #HepatitisCantWait.#LiverMtg21
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Thank you for making #WorldHepatitisDay a global success!. Let's give a big round of applause to everyone who took part in raising awareness on world hepatitis day. 👏👏👏. Through our joint efforts millions of people around the world have received the #HepatitisCantWait message.
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How can we drive #hepatitis elimination?✅. 🙌We congratulate Malaysia for pursuing the elimination of #hepatitisC as a public health threat #by2030 with global partners through innovations in #testing and advances in #treatment. #HepCantWait #WHA75 #GHSS @DNDi.
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We congratulate the recipients of the @NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine and hope that the prize brings much-needed awareness to #hepatitis C. Read our CEO @caryjameslondon's full statement in reaction to this breaking news: #NobelPrize #NobelPrize2020
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3 days to go! In Africa, teenagers are more likely to be unknowingly living with hepatitis B compared to any other age group. If you do 1 thing this #WorldHepatitisDay, help us #FindTheMissingMillions!
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Ahead of #HepSummit2017, we've brought together 200+ WHA members to share learnings and experiences at the Pre-Summit Member Conference
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71 million people live with #hepatitis C worldwide. Raise awareness on #WorldHepatitisDay with social media graphics
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NEW CAMPAIGN: please join us in urging governments worldwide to keep their promise to eliminate viral #hepatitis by signing @NO_hep’s #WorldHepatitisDay open letter. Sign the letter now and strengthen this global call to action - it only takes a minute:
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We celebrate with our past president, Dr @swang8, who has been chosen for the @HepBFoundation's 2023 Community Commitment Award!. Congratulations, Dr Su! We honour your commitment to raising the voices of the #hepatitisB community. Read more ➡️ #hepB
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Ending mother-to-child transmission is key to #hepatitis elimination. Join the #NOhep Moms a new @NO_hep campaign calling for testing of ALL pregnant women, linking them to care and vaccinating their babies to #eliminate hepatitis! . Learn more and join:
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#WorldHepatitisDay is in 2 days!🎉. Download and make use of our campaign resources. Let's raise our voices about #hepatitis elimination!. We're #NotWaiting for change! Together we can win this fight and make a real difference 💪. Download 👉 #HepCantWait
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In the biggest national screening campaign ever in the country, to mark #WorldHepatitisDay #Malaysia held a free #hepC testing drive for all its citizens. Find out more about this incredible feat in hepVoice - #MyMissingMillions #FindtheMissingMillions
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Our free #WorldHepatitisDay webinar series will explore key issues in global hepatitis elimination. Expert speakers will share their thoughts on how to #FindTheMissingMillions & accelerate action to eliminate hepatitis by 2030. Find out more and register:
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Today is #UHCDay. Eliminating viral #hepatitis contributes to achieving universal health coverage & the #GlobalGoals #UHC #HealthForAll #SDGs #NOhep
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Happy #WorldHepatitisDay from @swang8 and colleagues in New Jersey! . Primary care providers are at the frontline of taking care of people living with #hepatitis - thank you Dr Su Wang! #WHDRelay #HepCantWait #ICantWait
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This #WorldHepatitisDay @WHO are urging countries to invest in eliminating #hepatitis. A new study by WHO published in the @LancetGH found investing $6bn per year in eliminating #hep in 67 low- and middle-income countries would avert 4.5 m deaths by 2030 -
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9/10 people living with viral hepatitis are unaware. This #WorldHepatitisDay take a pledge to get tested for #hepatitis, or encourage others to do so. An increase in testing brings us closer to #elimination!. Testing can't wait. Hepatitis Can’t Wait.
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We're in India for the #WHDRelay!. MP Hon. Karti Chidambaram, Member of Parliament from India tells us why he can't wait for #hepatitis elimination! Watch to learn more! #WHDRelay #HepCantWait #WorldHepatitisDay #NotWaiting @KartiPC @UNITE_MPNetwork 👏
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“I can’t wait for a world free from hepatitis”. Our President @DanjumaAdda speaking at the opening ceremony of #ILC2022 @EASLnews #HepCantWait . Great to have patient advocates bring #hepatitis to the platform!
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This #WorldHepatitisDay we launch our #FindtheMissingMillions advocacy and awareness campaign aimed at tackling the main barriers to diagnosis by putting civil society organisations & the affected community at the heart of the solution. WHA President Michael Ninburg explains more
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The #WHDRelay continues in Bangladesh! . We're joined by @bd_liver and @ZunaidPaiker for a host of programmes for students, midwives, and doctors for #WorldHepatitisDay! Well done for all the great work in #ViralHepatitis!. #HepCantWait #ICantWait #Nohep
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We’re at Day 2 #ILC2022! Come and visit our World Hepatitis Alliance booth, we’ll be at Stand 37! . Make your pledge to eliminate #viralhepatitis at our board 📌 Capital Hall, Level 0 #ILC2022 @EASLnews . We’re looking forward to our Members Meeting 15:00 BST at our booth!
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11 days to go! Unless detected and treated, viral hepatitis can cause liver disease, cirrhosis and liver cancer. We must up our efforts to #FindTheMissingMillions! Join us this #WorldHepatitisDay!
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The WHA team are currently wrapping up meetings at #livermtg18 and #WISH2018 thanks to all the great partners and members we have met with #NOhep
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"Countries that engage w/ civil society are more likely to have #viralhepatitis elimination strategies in place and be making progress" - our Head of Programmes Jessica Hicks at .@GlobalFund replenishment conference side-event on #hepatitis! #StepUpTheFight #HealthForAll #NoHep
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📢Registrations are now open for the #WorldHepatitisSummit 2024!. Join us at the global #hepatitis conference that brings together multi-stakeholders and multi-sector public health participants from civil society to policymakers, private sector to academics towards hepatitis
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5 million people living with #HIV are also affected by hepatitis B or hepatitis C. On #WorldAIDSDay we call for integrated services to tackle these epidemics
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#WorldHepatitisDay was marked all over the world! Share your photos & videos with us. We'll be sharing all the celebrations.
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Chronic #hepatitis B — often known as a "silent killer" — can lead to cirrhosis or liver cancer, resulting in almost 900,000 deaths a year. We must increase diagnosis rates and #FindTheMissingMillions to protect health and stop these preventable deaths. #LiverCancerAwarenessMonth
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BREAKTHROUGH: Doctors are finding direct acting anti-viral drugs used to cure #hepatitis C so effective they are transplanting infected livers into patients on transplant waiting lists and then curing the #hepC infection afterwards. Read more here -
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One month until #WorldCancerDay! With 80% of liver cancer deaths caused by viral #hepatitis, this is an important cause we're fully behind.
One month to go until #WorldCancerDay 2018! Check out our dedicated Twitter moment⚡️ to follow the conversation on the platform:
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8 days to go! Globally, 89% of those living with viral hepatitis are not aware of their status. Help us #FindTheMissingMillions! #WorldHepatitisDay
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Three kinds of viral #hepatitis — B, C & D — can cause #livercancer when left untreated. Yet, we have cures for #hepC & effective treatments for #hepB and #hepD. Don't wait, get tested - it could stop you getting #cancer. #LiverCancerAwarenessMonth @macmillancancer @EuropeLiver
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We are proud to support the launch of a global online forum dedicated to supporting those living with and affected by #hepatitis B. Join to connect with peers and experts offering trustworthy advice: @thatliverguy @HepBFoundation
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• 43,286 social media posts using the #WorldHepatitisDay hashtag . • 3,949 press mentions . • 309,000+ views of the #FindtheMissingMillions film . Together, we made #WorldHepatitisDay2019 one of the biggest yet. Check out your impact ↓
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#HepatitisB is a leading cause of #livercancer. Community movements, like these, are central to fighting the virus, stopping its transmission, and getting people the help they need before it's too late. We applaud you!.
Team Up for a Hep B Free Community with Community Vision Group!.@Hepatos_Aion .@HepBFoundation .@Hep_Alliance .@cdchep .@HepatitisCTrust .@hepatitismag
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Today is #WorldCancerDay! #Hepatitis B & C cause 80% of liver cancer. Join movement to show #WeCanICan fight #cancer
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New data from @CDAFound shows only 5 countries are on track to achieve @WHO's #hepatitisC elimination targets. 7 countries were removed from the list, mainly due to insufficient screening. If we don't #FindTheMissingMillions & link them to care, we cannot achieve elimination.
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We were at the MEP Friends of the Liver Group event with @EASLnews and @ACHIEVE_hep, where experts from @EuropeanCancer, @WHO, explored what the EU can do to lead and achieve the global public health goal to eliminate #viralhepatitis by 2030. #LiverCancerAwarenessMonth #NOhep
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#HepSummit2017 was a landmark moment, bringing together 900+ people to take steps to eliminate #hepatitis. Thank you to all that attended
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With 290mil people living with viral #hepatitis unaware, we must scale up #diagnosis across the world. But how can we overcome the barriers? The answer: a joined up response with civil society at the very heart of efforts to #FindtheMissingMillions
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And so #HepSummit2017 begins! RT if you're joining us in São Paulo to help advance the elimination of viral #hepatitis
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#HepSummit2017 highlight: Over 500 people putting a human face to the elimination of #hepatitis with our photo booth!
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Among the 36.7 million persons living with HIV, an estimated 2.7 million also had hepatitis B and 2.3 million had hepatitis C. On #WorldAIDSday we highlight the impact that #hepatitis and #HIV are having on communities worldwide. Co-infection can't wait. #HepatitisCantWait
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“People affected by #hepatitis have always been driving force behind Charles’ tireless efforts. With him steering the ship, we hope mils of others will benefit & secure access to treatment” WHA on Charles Gore’s appointment as @MedsPatentPool Exec Director
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It's midnight in New Zealand, which means it's officially #WorldHepatitisDay! . Here's Hazel Heal from @HepCActionA kicking off the #WHDRelay and telling us about Hep C Action's exciting plans to make the island of Niue the first country in the world to eliminate hepatitis!
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