World Hepatitis Day (WHD) celebrated on 28 July every year to bring world together under a single theme to raise awareness of the global burden of viral hepatitis and to influence real change. One of just four disease-specific global awareness days officially endorsed by the World Health Organization (WHO), WHD unites patient organisations, governments, medical professionals, civil society, industry and the general public to boost the global profile of viral hepatitis. Approximately 300 million people worldwide are persistently infected with the hepatitis B virus and are at risk of developing hepatocellular carcinoma and liver cirrhosis, which can progress to end-stage liver disease.
Despite the effectiveness of the current vaccination policy, the prevalence of the disease remains high, and the burden for health services is considerable. In fact, the viral life cycle of HBV involves…
