World Hepatitis Day 2026 Observed on 28 July with Theme 'Hepatitis: Let's Break It Down'

30 July 2026National

World Hepatitis Day (WHD) is observed every year on 28 July to raise awareness about viral hepatitis and accelerate global efforts to eliminate it as a public-health threat by 2030. The 2026 theme is 'Hepatitis: Let's Break It Down'. The date marks the birth anniversary of Dr Baruch Samuel Blumberg, who discovered the Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) in 1967 (and won a Nobel Prize for it). The first global WHD was observed on 19 May 2008 by the World Hepatitis Alliance; in 2010 the 63rd World Health Assembly designated 28 July as WHD, with the first WHO-recognised observance in 2011.

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World Hepatitis Day is one of the WHO's official global public-health days | WHO HQ: Geneva, Switzerland | Dr Baruch Blumberg won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1976) for HBV | Goal: eliminate viral hepatitis as a public-health threat by 2030

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World Hepatitis Day (28 July) carries the 2026 theme 'Hepatitis: Let's Break It Down' and marks the birthday of Dr Baruch Blumberg, discoverer of the Hepatitis B Virus.

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