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| World Hepatitis Day | | | Professor (Dr.) Vikas Sharma, Ms. Komal Sudan | 7/27/2026 9:57:33 PM |
| | World Hepatitis Day is observed every year on 28 July to draw global attention to viral hepatitis, a major public health concern that continues to affect millions of people worldwide. Despite being preventable and, in many cases, treatable or even curable, hepatitis remains one of the leading causes of liver disease and liver cancer, claiming more than a million lives each year. The observance aims to increase public understanding of the disease, encourage early diagnosis, promote vaccination, treatment and inspire collective action to eliminate hepatitis as a public health threat. The date marks the birth anniversary of Dr. Baruch Samuel Blumberg, the Nobel Prize-winning scientist who disc | |
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