World Hepatitis Day Initiatives
The World Hepatitis Alliance supports campaigners and patient organisations around the world to help make a difference to the lives of the millions of people living with viral hepatitis and to prevent new infections. To find out more on what is going on in your country, use the map below to find local organisations, World Hepatitis Day initiatives and other initiatives.
You can also look at our ‘Wall of Stories’ and submit your own personal experience of living with hepatitis or find other community resources including an Online Scrapbook and our latest Newsletters. The This is hepatitis... blog features bloggers from around the world talking about their experiences with hepatitis.
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Country: Guatemala
City: Ciudad de Guatemala
Type: WHD
Guatemala - WHD 2011
The Asociación Guatemalteca del Hígado (AGH) and the Asociación Guatemalteca de Gastroenterologia, Hepatologia y Endoscopia Gastrointestinal held a forum on viral hepatitis aimed at the general population. During the forum the hepatitis video jointly produced by the World Health Organization and the World Hepatitis Alliance was played to the audience and the issues it highlighted were discussed by a Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) consultant on communicable diseases. Four liver specialists spoke about hepatitis B and C transmission modes, prevention and treatment. At the event a patient spoke about his experiences of living with hepatitis C and a minute of silence was held in honour of hepatitis patients that had died.
World Hepatitis Day posters were published/exhibited in many places and AGH spoke about hepatitis and promoted the forum on radio as well as social web media.