World Hepatitis Day - July 28
Fri Jul 28th

World Hepatitis Day

July 28 raises global awareness of hepatitis every year. The day promotes prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.

Hepatitis is affecting more than 350 million people around the world. Although it is just one of many infectious diseases, it is also a group of infectious diseases. Both A, B, C, D, and E. Hepatitis A is always an acute, short-term disease, while hepatitis B, C, and D are the most common, long-lived infections. Hepatitis E is usually acute, but pregnant women are particularly vulnerable.

Some people do not experience symptoms in the early stages of hepatitis depending on the type of hepatitis. An estimated additional 3 million people in the world are infected with the disease as a result, but don't know it. Routine testing lowers these figures. Routine testing lowers these figures. However, those that need the screenings most may not know how to access them.

Other risk factors related to hepatitis include cirrhosis and liver cancer. In addition, the disease accounts for 399,000 deaths worldwide each year.

Free screenings will be offered by health care organizations in 100 countries on July 28. Other public immunization campaigns or public awareness campaigns may also exist. The World Health Organization and the World Hepatitis Alliance have produced a study describing all the events around the world at the end of the year.

Learn how to celebrate #worldhepatitisday on #worldhepatitisday

Learn the difference between the five forms of hepatitis from the Center for Disease Control.

Watch a video on hepatitis produced by the United States in this series. Health and Human Services is a division of the Department of Health and Human Services.

To keep the discussion alive, get on social media with #WorldHepatitisDay.

Get tested.

The global hepatitis day has a rich tradition in history

  • C Awareness Day is set on October 1 in 2004
  • First World Hepatitis Day is set as May 19th in 2008, with the first World Hepatitis Day being held on May 19th
  • The idea of World Hepatitis Day originated in Cuttack, Odisha, and the celebration of World Hepatitis Day was born in 2010. On the birthday of Nobel Laureate Baruch Samuel Blumberg, discoverer of the hepatitis B virus, who died on July 28, a date was suggested. hepatitis B virus discovery was delayed until July 28.