Subject: 28 July: Take part in World Hepatitis Day | EASL's commitment to fighting hepatitis
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Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2020 08:04:28 +0000

Digital ILC & viral hepatology | COVID-19 & HBV elimination | & more

28 July 2020

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EASL efforts to fight hepatitis

To mark World Hepatitis Day 2020, EASL has issued a declaration of ongoing commitment. We are committed to fighting the good fight, to the end. To seeing the World Health Organization goals fulfilled. To seeing people with viral hepatitis accessing what they need: education, prevention, diagnosis, and access to effective and affordable treatment.

Read our declaration of commitment on World Hepatitis Day 2020

Tackling viral hepatitis at Digital ILC 2020

At EASL's flagship annual congress, liver specialists share cutting-edge scientific content on key thematic tracks. To find out how research in viral hepatology is developing, watch “Highlights in Hepatitis B and D drug development”, presented by the session Co-Chair, Dr Markus Cornberg.

Browse the presentations on viral hepatology: abstract sessions, meet the experts, interactive sessions, poster tours, wrap up sessions, and more.

Register now for Digital ILC 2020

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EASL resources on hepatitis

Year by year, EASL is developing new initiatives and publications for clinicians, policymakers, and patients.

In the first half of 2020, we've had 10,000+ downloads of EASL Recommendations: Treatment of HCV

20,000+ of our CPGs on the management of HBV have been downloaded as well.

Other EASL news

Patient synergies to fight liver disease

EASL is forging synergies with umbrella patient organisations representing people affected by issues related to the liver.  Find out which patient organisations we are building relationships with and browse our patient-focused resources.

Access the Patient synergies page

EASL patient resources page

Discover Ask EASL: a new series of educational content dedicated to answering questions from patients and patient organisations.

Listen to this podcast on COVID-19 and the liver, by EASL Vice-Secretary General, Prof. Thomas Berg.

Read this lay summary with user-friendly graphics: Care of Patients with Liver Diseases during the Covid-19 Pandemic.

Read more here.

Watch the EASL-WHO webinar on COVID-19 and the liver, a panel of leading experts in hepatology & virology discuss the COVID-19 pandemic, the WHO response, and how the care of people with liver disease and viral hepatitis are affected.

Explore EASL Campus patient resources

These resources address questions from patient organisations regarding chronic liver disease, including hepatitis C.

Applications open for short-term training fellowship

The Andrew K. Burroughs short-term fellowship programme is intended to support postgraduate investigators (basic and clinical), aiming to spend 3-6 months at a foreign institution to accomplish a focussed research project.

EASL recognises excellence within the hepatology community.

Apply now

Join EASL and sign the NO-Hep letter for governments across the globe

It's up to all of us to hold our governments to account and urge them to keep their promise to eliminate viral hepatitis.

Join EASL and sign NOhep's open letter, which will be sent to every Ministry of Health in the world after World Hepatitis Day.

Sign the NO-Hep open letter now

Read about COVID-19 and HBV elimination

Despite the multiple disruptions caused by the pandemic, it may also catalyse a renewed effort to reach the 2030 goal to eliminate viral hepatitis as a public health threat.

Read this editorial, "Strengthening vaccine confidence during the COVID-19 pandemic: A new opportunity for global hepatitis B virus elimination" by Jeffrey Lazarus et al., just published in the Journal of Hepatology.

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Bookmark the EILF session at Digital ILC 2020

The EASL International Liver Foundation is holding a one-hour session at Digital ILC 2020 on screening for HCV. To attend this event, register for Digital ILC.

Read more

Other news

Don't miss the WHA's World Hepatitis Day webinars

Register to join the World Health Alliance's free webinar series, today, 28 to 31 July, exploring key issues related to global hepatitis elimination.

Each webinar convenes an expert panel of speakers to share their thoughts on how to find the missing millions and accelerate action to eliminate hepatitis by 2030.

Register now

Publications

Hot off the press! Keep abreast of the latest scientific developments in the most recent issues of our monthly EASL journals.

Being an EASL member brings you: online subscription to the Journal of Hepatology, and a 50% discount on open-access publication fees for JHEP Reports.

Journal of Hepatology

Volume 73, Issue 2

JHEP Reports

Volume 2, Issue 3

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