World Hepatitis Day
Mon, May 19 2008

Today for the first time World Hepatitis Day is being marked globally. The worldwide theme is Am I number 12? 1 in 12 people worldwide are living with hepatitis B or hepatitis C

What does this mean for people with bleeding disorders? In Australia many people with bleeding disorders have been affected by hepatitis C. In 2008 HFA's Hepatitis Awareness Week message is about taking charge of your hepatitis C health by knowing your hepatitis C and liver health status:

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1. Take Control
   
2. Health Check
   
3. Know your status

For Hepatitis Awareness Week 2008 HFA has released two new updates on hepatitis C for people with bleeding disorders:

• Understanding your hepatitis C test results (html) - print version - PDF, 37KB
  
• Hepatitis C treatment snapshot (html) - print version - PDF, 36KB

HFA has also released:

• Hepatitis C: information for people with bleeding disorders (summary) - print version - PDF, 49KB

At a global level hepatitis B and C is a major problem. More than 500 million people are affected and awareness is very low. The World Hepatitis Alliance has been established to achieve change internationally.

For more information on the global campaign, go to www.worldhepatitisday.com.

For details of the Australian Hepatitis Awareness Week campaign, see the Hepatitis Australia web site.

For information on what HFA is doing about hepatitis C, go to the HFA hepatitis C page.