World Hepatitis Day 2025 Observed Globally on July 28.
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World Hepatitis Day (WHD) 2025 was observed recently on July 28, aiming to raise global awareness about viral hepatitis—a serious liver infection that can lead to liver disease and cancer. This year marked the 15th official observance, led by the World Health Organization (WHO) with the theme "Hepatitis: Let’s Break It Down."
- World Hepatitis Day is commemorated annually on July 28 to highlight the urgent need for action in addressing viral hepatitis, a major global health issue.
- The event focuses on promoting preventive care, early diagnosis, and access to treatment. It brings together policymakers, healthcare providers, and the public to accelerate progress toward eliminating hepatitis as a public health threat by 2030.
- The theme for World Hepatitis Day 2025, “Hepatitis: Let’s Break It Down,” emphasizes dismantling the multiple barriers—financial, social, systemic, and stigma-related—that hinder hepatitis elimination and liver cancer prevention. The WHO calls on governments and civil society to strengthen public health strategies to make hepatitis services accessible and stigma-free.
Main Point :- (i) This year, July 28, 2025, marked the 15th official observance of World Hepatitis Day, coordinated by the World Health Organization (WHO). The day aligns with the birth anniversary of Nobel Laureate Dr. Baruch Blumberg, who discovered the hepatitis B virus and developed the first vaccine.
(ii) The first global observance of World Hepatitis Day took place on May 19, 2008, initiated by the World Hepatitis Alliance, a non-profit organization working in collaboration with patient groups.
(iii) In May 2010, the 63rd World Health Assembly (WHA) officially adopted resolution WHA63.18 in Geneva, Switzerland, making July 28 the permanent date for this observance. The first WHO-recognised World Hepatitis Day was observed on 28 July 2011.
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