World Hepatitis Alliance
Budget
€1,664,947
EP Access
0
accredited persons
Staff
3
0.3 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
Mission Statement: Harness the power of people with lived experience of viral hepatitis to achieve its elimination. Role of WHA: 1. Raising global awareness of chronic viral hepatitis and the urgent need for elimination 2. Combating stigma associated with chronic viral hepatitis by improving education and understanding of chronic viral hepatitis and the people affected by it 3. Mobilising the global hepatitis community to campaign for action to eliminate viral hepatitis 4. Amplifying the voice and visibility of empowered PLWVH and the affected communities to increase equity as well as generating empathy and understanding to motivate action by decision makers 5. Providing forums and opportunities for national governments, PLWVH, civil society, global funders, public health practitioners and researchers to engage with each other and promote collaboration
EU Legislative Interests
Beating Cancer Plan: prevention of cancer caused by viral hepatitis via vaccination, testing, and linkage to care Council recommendations on vaccine-preventable cancers
Communication Activities
World Hepatitis Day World Hepatitis Testing Week
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
List of WHA's partners can be found here: https://www.worldhepatitisalliance.org/partners/ Other partners and memberships include: - bond - https://members.bond.org.uk/#/?search=hepatitis - European Cancer Organisation's HPV and Hep B Action Network - https://www.europeancancer.org/topic-networks/hpv-hepb-action.html - European Testing Week - https://www.testingweek.eu/ - International Network on Health and Hepatitis in Substance Users (INHSU) - https://www.inhsu.org/ - World Health Organization - https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/executive-board/list-of-entities-in-official-relations-with-who.pdf?sfvrsn=c04e75ba_3&download=true - WHO Civil Society Commission - https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/documents/about-us/collaborations/civil-society/who-civil-society-commission-participants.pdf
Organisation Members
List of WHA's members can be found here: https://www.worldhepatitisalliance.org/our-members/
Additional Information
https://www.worldhepatitisalliance.org/resource_download/annual-report-2024/
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.