World Hepatitis Alliance

20/08/2026

The UN recently announced a new UN political declaration on HIV/AIDS, setting out Member States’ commitments to integrating hepatitis programmes into HIV services, including by:

• Promoting and delivering integrated prevention, treatment and care
• Scaling up triple elimination programmes
• Ensuring access to stigma- and discrimination-free services

The World Hepatitis Alliance has summarised the key items from the new political declaration and outlined how it can be used by advocates to hold their governments accountable; implementing its commitments and eliminating both diseases as public health threats.

Read our summary here:

Fighting for a world free from viral hepatitis

18/08/2026

Continuing our 2026 series, download our new community toolkit on prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT).

In 2022, WHA developed the white paper ‘Mothers and babies can’t wait: a call for action to end mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B’, putting forward policy recommendations to ensure maternal and child health services are equitable, accessible and available to all who need them.

Our new toolkit provides practical suggestions on how community-based organisations can make the recommendations in the white paper relevant and advocate for them to be implemented, accelerating progress towards eliminating mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B.

Download the toolkit, and learn more about our recent PMTCT project with SAAFARA in Senegal, here: worldhepatitisalliance.org/future-infections/

This project was funded by Kedrion SPA – unrestricted grant

12/08/2026

This week, NHS England announced that 100,000 people have accessed treatment for hepatitis C in the last decade, marking a significant moment in the country's fight against the virus.

Rachel Halford, World Hepatitis Alliance Past President and CEO of The Hepatitis C Trust in the UK, described England as being 'on the cusp of one of the most significant public health achievements in our country’s history'.

However, she reiterated the need for sustained support and renewed, long-term funding for it to be achieved.

You can rewatch our recent World Hepatitis Day webinar to learn more about current hepatitis data from around the world: https://youtu.be/OWEVE70BUw0

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c75gk620r22o

England is on track to become one of the first countries in the world to eliminate hepatitis C, a dangerous virus that attacks the liver, figures show.

11/08/2026

Read the full report of a recent community project supported by WHA – from successes to the lessons we learned – as part of our 2026 series on preventing mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B.

Senegal has a high prevalence of hepatitis B, and prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) services are a strong way to tackle it. However, women and babies in rural or disadvantaged communities get left behind.

To help address this, WHA partnered with our member in Senegal, SAAFARA Hépatites Sénégal, to develop and implement an advocacy strategy that addressed the barriers to hepatitis B PMTCT services. The report documents the project’s successes and practical lessons learned.

Watch the short film about the project, read the report, and use our community toolkit to support your own important work with women and babies: worldhepatitisalliance.org/future-infections/

This project was funded by Kedrion SPA – unrestricted grant

10/08/2026

As part of 2026, we’re spotlighting hepatitis delta.

A WHA survey showed that nearly 40% of policymakers have little or no knowledge of hepatitis delta. If the hepatitis community is going to secure testing, treatment and care for the virus, they need to be equipped with the knowledge and advocacy skills that get results.

Get the facts about delta at worldhepatitisalliance.org/hepatitis-delta and take part in our e-learning on hepatitis delta here: https://bit.ly/WHACIP

World Hepatitis Day 2026 is supported by Mirum Pharmaceuticals

06/08/2026

With 70% of global viral-hepatitis related deaths occurring in Asia, we are proud to have brought the World Hepatitis Summit to the continent for the first time this year.

Hosted in Bangkok by the Ministry of Public Health Thailand, the summit drew attention to the need for a public health approach to the elimination of viral hepatitis, and the implementation of global and national policies on hepatitis.

The only hepatitis-focused conference of its size and scale, it brought together ministers of health, policymakers and high-level government officials, people living with viral hepatitis, civil society groups, medical professionals, international development partners, and the private sector.

Tune in hear the diverse delegate group discuss what it will take to eliminate viral hepatitis: https://ow.ly/61SV50ZwZAK

04/08/2026

Continuing our 2026 series, watch a powerful short film about a community project eliminating mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B.

WHA member SAAFARA Hépatites Sénégal are dedicated to stopping hepatitis in their country. Putting policy recommendations from our white paper on prevention of mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B into action, we supported SAAFARA to identify and develop a 12-month advocacy and implementation strategy.

SAAFARA chose Guédiawaye, a town in Dakar, where coverage of hepatitis B vaccination at birth remains lower than World Health Organization targets. The project addressed relevant recommendations for their setting, and overcame barriers to implementation, with amazing results.

Watch a moving short film about the project, read the full project report, and use our new community toolkit to support your own vital work with women and babies: worldhepatitisalliance.org/future-infections/

This project was funded by Kedrion SPA – unrestricted grant

04/08/2026

It's a week since World Hepatitis Day, and World Hepatitis Alliance supporter, GSK, is on a mission to spread awareness about chronic hepatitis B.

Learn more about it through the findings of a new global survey that highlights important gaps in the understanding of the viral liver infection.

03/08/2026

As part of 2026, we’re spotlighting hepatitis delta.

In a WHA survey, around two thirds of healthcare professionals and community representatives, and more than a third of policymakers said that low knowledge of hepatitis delta is a key issue to tackling it.

Reading up on hepatitis delta and sharing what you learn is a crucial first step to change this. Get the facts about delta at worldhepatitisalliance.org/hepatitis-delta

World Hepatitis Day 2026 is supported by Mirum Pharmaceuticals

31/07/2026

Thank you to all our supporters for making World Hepatitis Day 2026 possible!

With increased testing, better access to treatment, and strong partnerships, we can move closer to our goal of eliminating hepatitis.

Thank you to AbbVie, Gilead Sciences, GSK and Mirum Pharmaceuticals for supporting .