WHO and public health organizations globally recognized the first official WHO World Hepatitis Day, 28 July 2011 “to increase the awareness and understanding of viral hepatitis and the diseases that it causes. It provides an opportunity to focus on specific actions such as: strengthening prevention, screening and control of viral hepatitis and its related diseases; increasing hepatitis B vaccine coverage and integration into national immunization programmes; and coordinating a global response to hepatitis.”

A range of published and video content is available at:

http://www.who.int/csr/disease/hepatitis/world_hepatitis_day/en/index.html