Subject: World Hepatitis Summit 2017 – Invitation to the World Hepatitis Summit 2017, 1-3 November 2017, World Trade Center in São Paulo, Brazil
From: "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>
To: Sopo Belkania
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2017 17:15:11 +0200

Dear Sofiko,

The World Health Organization (WHO), the World Hepatitis Alliance and the Government of Brazil are delighted to invite you to attend the World Hepatitis Summit, which will take place from 1 – 3 November 2017, at the World Trade Center in São Paulo, Brazil.

Following the success of the inaugural Summit in 2015, the theme of this year’s Summit is “Implementing the Global Health Sector Strategy on viral hepatitis (GHSS): towards the elimination of hepatitis as a public health threat”, which coincides with the recent adoption of the first WHO-Global Health Sector Strategy on viral hepatitis, whose goal is the elimination of viral hepatitis as a public health threat by 2030.

The three day invite-only event will be developed in alignment with the strategy and accompanying targets and will focus on learning, capacity building and information sharing. It will also highlight the importance of a comprehensive and multi-stakeholder planning process.

Hosted by the Government of Brazil and co-sponsored and organised in collaboration with the Brazilian Government, WHO and the World Hepatitis Alliance, the goal of the Summit will be to bring together all stakeholders who will have a role to play in making the elimination of viral hepatitis a reality. Stakeholders will include Ministers of Health, hepatitis programme managers, members of international agencies, healthcare organisations, hepatitis-patient organisations and civil society groups, funding agencies and the private sector.

On behalf of the World Health Organization, the World Hepatitis Alliance and the Brazilian Government, we would very much welcome your attendance at the Summit. To confirm your attendance, or decline this opportunity we kindly ask that you click on this link. You will then be directed to our online booking portal. Please note this link is unique to you and cannot be transferred to a colleague. There are no conference fees for invited attendees, however we do respectfully ask that you cover the cost of your travel, accommodation and subsistence arrangements.

If you would like to be joined by an additional colleague and/or send a representative in your place, please email us at [email-masked] with their name, role and email address and we can issue them with an invitation.

For more information, please visit the World Hepatitis Summit website: www.worldhepatitissummit.org.

We look forward to your active participation in this event.

For further information, please contact [email-masked].

Yours sincerely,