28/07/2016 Dr. Karsten Wursthorn and George Kalamitsis

On World Hepatitis Day 2016, the liver community has gathered to promote awareness and make an impact on viral hepatitis. New efforts and global movements have taken hold and are the vanguard of the fight against the hepatitis public health threat on an international level. In this blog post members of the Committed to Cure coalition expand on this initiative’s activities on World Hepatitis Day and beyond.

28/07/2016 Raquel Peck

Ever wonder what the world will look like in 2030? Will there be driverless cars, David Bowie hologram concerts or even holidays in space? These things are all unknown but what is certain is that viral hepatitis can be eliminated if we take action now.

27/07/2016 Dru Lattin

Okay, global health nerds – it’s quiz time: What disease causes more deaths each year: TB, AIDS, hepatitis or malaria? Judging by news coverage, conferences and funding, it may be a surprise to learn that the correct answer is actually hepatitis.  A staggering 400 million people are impacted by viral hepatitis each year, with approximately 1.45 million deaths. Unlike the relative success of HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis, the number of deaths related to this disease is actually growing.

26/07/2016 Tatjana Reic

Tatjana Reic is president of the European Liver Patients Association. Here, she discusses the groundbreaking Hep-CORE study and the importance of monitoring national efforts to eliminate viral hepatitis.

20/07/2016 Jason Grebely

The International Network on Hepatitis in Substance Users (INHSU) is an international organization dedicated to scientific knowledge exchange, knowledge translation, and advocacy focused on hepatitis C prevention and care for people who use drugs. In this guest blog, INHSU President Jason Grebely highlights the future plans for the organization leading up to the 5th International Symposium on Hepatitis in Substance Users (INHSU 2016) to be held from September 7-9, 2016, in Oslo, Norway.

15/07/2016 Karline Wilson-Mitchell

Today Global Health Research and Policy publishes an article exploring interventions in global health practice and policy and how collaborations can be made easier between scholars, service providers and educators. Co-author Karline Wilson-Mitchell explains more.

14/07/2016 Alison A Bettis & Hugo C Turner

Infectious Diseases of Poverty recently published an article researching the health and economic benefits of the program created to eliminate elephantiasis. Co-authors Alison Bettis and Hugo Turner tell more here.

01/07/2016 Dr. Monita Sharma

Co-author of a review article published in Particle and Fibre Toxicology, Dr. Monita Sharma, talks here about a project funded by PETA International Science Consortium Ltd. to devise a non-animal approach to assess pulmonary effects of nanomaterials.