Know the Purpose and theme of WORLD HEPATITIS DAY 28 July
Celebration Date: July 28 each year
Established: By the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2010
Origin: The date was chosen to honor the birthday of Dr. Baruch Samuel Blumberg, the Nobel Prize-winning scientist who discovered the hepatitis B virus and developed the first hepatitis B vaccine.
YEAR-WISE THEMES
2025: "Hepatitis: Let's Break It Down"
2024: "It's Time for Action"
2023: "One Life, One Liver"
2022: "Bringing Hepatitis Care Closer to You"
2021: "Hepatitis Can't Wait"
2020: "Hepatitis-Free Future"
2019: "Invest in Eliminating Hepatitis"
2018: "Test. Treat. Hepatitis."
2017: "Eliminate Hepatitis"
2016: "Know Hepatitis – Act Now"
2015: "Prevention of Viral Hepatitis. Act Now."
2014: "Hepatitis: Think Again"
2013: "More Must Be Done to Stop This Silent Killer"
2012: "It's Closer Than You Think"
2011: "Hepatitis Affects Everyone, Everywhere. Know It. Confront It.”
