Created by WHO, this is an opportunity to educate the general public about this liver disease.
World Day against Hepatitis (or World hepatitis day in English) took place every year in July. The opportunity to better publicize viral hepatitisan inflammation of the liver due to a virus (hepatitis A, B, C, D and E) virus that can be the cause of different pathologies, including the liver cancer. Despite the ravages caused by these diseases, the different hepatitis are still too unknownare not sufficiently diagnosed and therefore insufficiently processed. In France, it is estimated that 190,000 people have hepatitis C and 280,000 of hepatitis B (chronic hepatitis), and that half of them ignore it, hence the importance of screening in particular of high risk groups.
What is the date of World Day against Hepatitis in 2026?
World Hepatitis Day takes place on Tuesday July 28, 2026. “”The date of July 28 was retained because it corresponds to that of the birth of the winner of Nobel Prize, the DR Baruch Blumbergwhich discovered the virus of hepatitis B and which developed a test and a vaccine against hepatitis B“Indicates the WHO on its website.
A person dies every 30 seconds from viral hepatitis
What is the origin of World Day against Hepatitis?
World Hepatitis Day is organized on the initiative of theWorld Health Organization (WHO).
What is the theme of World Day against hepatitis 2026?
The theme for the year 2026 is not yet known. The theme chosen for 2025, “Hepatitis: let’s drop the barriers!”, Recalls that it is necessary to act urgently to overcome financial, social and systemic obstacles, including stigmatization, which slow down the elimination of hepatitis and the prevention of liver cancer.
Why wear a red and yellow ribbon against hepatitis?
The fabric ribbon is a small united accessory that we wear to testify its membership to a common cause. It is usually worn at a set of a jacket, on a bag or carried in a bracelet around the wrist. To raise awareness of hepatitis, it is the red and yellow ribbon that was chosen:
- YELLOW : ribbon color at the origin of all awareness ribbons (since the 19th century)
- Red : symbolizes the fight against viral diseases
What is the poster for World Day against Hepatitis?
What are the objectives of World Day against Hepatitis?
For the World Health Organization, World Day against Hepatitis is an opportunity:
- D‘Intensify international struggle efforts against this disease
- D ‘Encourage the commitment of individualspartners and the general public
- Of highlight the need for a more energetic global responseas described in the WHO World Report on hepatitis published in 2017
- D ‘increase low coverage of screening and treatment To achieve global elimination goals by 2030.
Sources: WHO: World Days against Hepatitis / CHU de Bordeaux / Hepatitis Info Service
