Note from our CEO
The countdown is now well and truly on to World Hepatitis
Day! It’s less than two months until the world unites to
raise awareness and influence real change. 28 July will be
a particularly momentous occasion for us this year as we
launch our Find the Missing Millions campaign. Civil society
and patient groups across the globe are taking the lead in
increasing efforts to find the undiagnosed and screening
initiatives have taken place in almost every region of the
world.
The launch of Find the Missing Millions will be supported
with the publication of our white paper on overcoming
the barriers to diagnosis and this month we held a global
stakeholder consultation to discuss civil society and the
affected community’s role in this. One of the biggest barriers
remains the lack of affordable diagnostics so we’re pleased
to share information on the Global Procurement Fund. Turn
to page 12 to see if your organisation is eligible.
Finally, we’re especially excited to be bringing the first-ever
NOhep Village to the Global Hepatitis Summit and we’ll be
using the opportunity to launch the next phase of the Quest
to Find the Missing Millions. Be one of the first to join the
quest, more info on page 8.
We hope you enjoy reading!
Contents
Regulars
3
Hep headlines
6
World Health Assembly, Spring Testing Week, Advocacy
resources
For the diary
World Blood Donor Day, Global Hepatitis Summit,
Support. Don’t Punish Global Day of Action
Features
8
In action: Efforts ramp up to Find the Missing
Millions
12
14
Testing initiatives take place across the globe
Focus: How to procure affordable medicines
and diagnostics
Are you eligible via the GPRO Fund?
Wall of Stories snapshots: “A journey through
fear, understanding, and reassurance”
William from the USA shares his story
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A round-up of some of this
month’s stand-out facts and
figures:
Vaccination in Venezuela, Find the Missing Millions
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Raquel Peck
Chief Executive Officer
This month in numbers
This month in
numbers
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13,000
More than
people
have been vaccinated against
hepatitis B in Venezuela over the
past 2 months.
1,700
Over
tweets were sent
in support of Spring Testing Week,
which took place 18-25 May across
Europe.
35 global experts joined us for
a two-day stakeholder meeting on
17-18 May to discuss overcoming
the barriers to diagnosis of
hepatitis B and C.
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