Dr. John W. Ward is Director of the Coalition for Global Hepatitis Elimination.

World Hepatitis Day and Every Day: Advancing Global Solidarity to Eliminate Hepatitis

The Budi Lukmanto Foundation, a grassroots, nonprofit organization, conducting hepatitis B screening for children at Vincentius Putra Orphanage in Jakarta, Indonesia. Photo Credit: Edhie Purwanto
At the Bathurst Correctional Centre in New South Wales, Australia, a nurse conducts point-of-care hepatitis C testing, bringing vital healthcare to an often-overlooked population. Photo Credit: Conor Ashleigh
At R. G. Kar Hospital in Kolkata, India, a nurse administers a hepatitis B vaccine as part of a state-led program offering free hepatitis services. Photo credit: Soumyadeep Kundu

This World Hepatitis Day, let us celebrate our successes in fighting the disease and reaffirm our global commitment to ending hepatitis as a public health threat.