Thursday, 4 April 2024
MEDIA ADVISORY
Strictly embargoed until Tuesday 9 April, 2024 at 10:am (CEST), 8:00 am GMT
Invitation to a virtual press conference: Global Hepatitis Report
The World Health Organization (WHO) will release its 2024 Global Hepatitis Report on the opening day of the World Hepatitis Summit (WHS) 2024, taking place in Lisbon, Portugal on 9 -11 April. It is the first consolidated report on viral hepatitis epidemiology, service coverage and product access, with improved data for action. Ahead of the Summit, WHO is inviting journalists to an embargoed press briefing.
WHAT: Embargoed press briefing on the Global Hepatitis Report
WHEN. Friday 5 April at 2:30 CEST
Zoom links:
Link: https://who.zoom.us/j/94499045777
Password: hep@t1T!s
Phone:
International numbers available: https://who.zoom.us/u/adkuJO09wI
Webinar ID: 944 9904 5777
Password: 772150371
SPEAKERS:
Dr Meg Doherty – Director of Department of Global HIV, Hepatitis, STI Programmes (HHS)
Dr Francoise Renaud (author of the report) - Technical Lead, Strategic Information and Analysis Unit /HHS Department
Other experts available to answer media questions are:
Dr Daniel Low-Beer – Unit Head , Strategic Information and Analysis, HHS Department
Dr Funmi Lesi – Hepatitis Cross-Cutting Lead, HHS Department
Access to the materials:
The embargoed Report and a press release will be available upon request tomorrow morning.
Media contact: Kim Chriscaden: chriscadenk@who.int and mediainquiries@who.int
Additional information
With information from 187 countries, the report outlines regional perspectives and actionable steps to scale up interventions, emphasizing the importance of leveraging lessons from the COVID-19 response.
Eliminating the stigma surrounding hepatitis through the introduction of policies and structural changes has been named as a key factor in hepatitis elimination by WHO.
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About the World Hepatitis Summit
The World Hepatitis Summit is organized by the World Hepatitis Alliance, with the support of the Ministry of Health of Portugal and is co-sponsored by WHO. Its mission is to support countries in meeting the targets needed to eliminate viral hepatitis. It is being held in Lisbon and virtually. More information here: http://worldhepatitissummit.org/ https://www.worldhepatitisalliance.org/
About Viral Hepatitis
Viral hepatitis is inflammation of the liver caused by a virus, leading to a range of health problems, some of which are fatal. Hundreds of millions of people are living with viral hepatitis and over a million lose their lives ever year because of conditions related to acute hepatitis and chronic infection that cause liver cancer and cirrhosis. Despite there being a vaccine and effective treatment for hepatitis B and a cure for hepatitis C – few countries in the world are on track to achieve the WHO target of eliminating viral hepatitis by 2030.
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