World Hepatitis Day 2023

• World Hepatitis Day is observed every year on 28 July.

• The day is observed to raise awareness and encourage global action against viral hepatitis.

• The theme for World Hepatitis Day 2023 is "One Life, One Liver".

• The World Hepatitis Alliance was established in 2007, which organized the first community-driven World Hepatitis Day in 2008.

• It is also celebrated to mark the birth anniversary of Nobel Prize winning scientist Dr. Baruch Blumberg.

• In 1967, he discovered the hepatitis B virus (HBV) and developed a diagnostic test and vaccine for the virus.

• Initially, World Hepatitis Day was observed on 19th May, but later in 2010 it was shifted to 28th July.