Awareness Day

World Hepatitis Day

July 28, 2026 Recurs yearly

Healthcare workers and community members participating in hepatitis screening and liver health awareness activities.

2026 Theme

Hepatitis: Let's break it down

Dual Red & Yellow ribbon representing World Hepatitis Day

Campaign Representation

Officially represented by the Red & Yellow Symbol.

Campaign Description

Led by WHO since 2010, this day raises awareness of viral hepatitis (A–E), which causes over a million deaths annually, and pushes toward the 2030 elimination goal.

Theme Focus

The campaign is essentially about turning proven science into accessible action. Millions of people remain undiagnosed or untreated despite effective interventions, with stigma, limited awareness, health-system gaps, cost and other inequalities creating barriers to care.

It also deliberately moves beyond hepatitis as simply a medical problem: people and communities affected by hepatitis should be involved in shaping the policies and services intended to reach them.

Key Priorities

  • Prevention of viral hepatitis
  • Hepatitis B vaccination, including timely newborn vaccination
  • Safe blood and injection practices
  • Harm-reduction services
  • Greater access to hepatitis testing
  • Earlier diagnosis and linkage to care
  • Effective treatment for hepatitis B
  • Curative treatment for hepatitis C
  • Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B
  • Integration of hepatitis services into primary healthcare
  • Equitable access to prevention, testing and treatment
  • Reducing stigma and discrimination
  • Community involvement and patient advocacy
  • Stronger political commitment and sustainable financing
  • Research, innovation and affordable diagnostic technologies
  • Progress toward elimination of viral hepatitis as a public-health threat by 2030 

Key Concepts

  • Viral hepatitis
  • Hepatitis A
  • Hepatitis B
  • Hepatitis C
  • Hepatitis D
  • Hepatitis E
  • Liver disease
  • Liver cancer
  • Cirrhosis
  • Hepatitis B vaccination
  • Birth-dose vaccination
  • Hepatitis testing
  • Screening
  • Diagnosis
  • Antiviral treatment
  • Hepatitis C cure
  • Prevention of mother-to-child transmission
  • Safe injections
  • Blood safety
  • Stigma
  • Primary healthcare
  • Liver health

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