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World Hepatitis Day 2017: Global day for local impact
How WHA members marked World Hepatitis Day
Pakistan
WHA member the Health Foundation marked World Hepatitis Day by
organising an awareness raising walks and seminars across Pakistan. The
activities also included a motorbike rally, which was joined by influential
people from the community, members and other civil society organisations.
With placards and loud speakers, the group raised awareness of the cause
and emphasised that prevention is better than cure.
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China
WHA member Inno Community Development Organisation celebrated
WHD by designing emojis to share through social media. “Heppy”, the
cartoon liver was created in a number of different situations to change
negative and stigmatised impression of hepatitis among young people in
China. A number of key opinion leaders in Chinese social media joined the
campaign to co-launch Heppy on WHD.
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