World Hepatitis Day - 28th July -
In 2010 the World Health Organization made World Hepatitis Day one of only four official disease-specific world health days, to be celebrated each year on the 28th July. Millions of people across the world now take part in World Hepatitis Day, to raise awareness about viral hepatitis, and to call for access to treatment, better prevention programs and government action.
Publications
World Hepatitis Day, 2017 - 28th July - Eliminate hepatitis - Epi Insight, Volume 18, Issue 7, July 2017
World Hepatitis Day, 28th July 2016: Trends in hepatitis B and hepatitis C in Ireland - Epi Insight, Volume 17, Issue 7, July 2016
World Hepatitis Day, 28th July 2015: Trends in hepatitis B and C in Ireland - Epi Insight, Volume 16, Issue 7, July 2015
World Hepatitis Day: July 28th 2014 - Epi Insight, Volume 15, Issue 7, July 2014
World Hepatitis Day 28 July 2013 - Epi Insight, Volume 14, Issue 7, July 2013
World Hepatitis Day 28 July - Epi Insight, Volume 13, Issue 7, July 2012
World Hepatitis Day 28 July 2011 - Epi Insight, Volume 12, Issue 7, July 2011
Last updated: 12 July 2017
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News Hepatitis E
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- Case of Wound Botulism in Ireland
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- Botulism outbreak among injection drug users in Dublin
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- World Hepatitis Day - 28th July
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