Six years ago, advocates against viral hepatitis experienced a huge win: Member states at the World Health Assembly adopted resolution WHA63.18, which allows the organization to draw global attention to the disease on a specific day of each year — July 28.
This was followed with another resolution in 2014 that called on the World Health Organization to examine the feasibility of viral hepatitis’ elimination, which led to the development of a strategy that’s now before member states at the 69th World Health Assembly.
The question is: Will advocates’ winning streak continue?
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Jenny Lei Ravelo@JennyLeiRavelo
Jenny Lei Ravelo is a Devex Senior Reporter based in Manila. She covers global health, with a particular focus on the World Health Organization, and other development and humanitarian aid trends in Asia Pacific. Prior to Devex, she wrote for ABS-CBN, one of the largest broadcasting networks in the Philippines, and was a copy editor for various international scientific journals. She received her journalism degree from the University of Santo Tomas.
