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Countdown to the Elimination of Viral Hepatitis by 2030 1 World Hepatitis Alliance World Strategic Plan 2017 - 2018 Plan Strategic Countdown to the elimination of viral hepatitis by 2030: Our 2017-2018 strategic plan 2 CONTENTS MESSAGE FROM OUR PRESIDENT In 2017 we celebrate ten years of We believe this revised approach the World Hepatitis Alliance (WHA) ensures that the needs of the people Message from our President 3 and in those ten years previously living with viral hepatitis continue unimaginable progress has been to be at the very heart of our work. Who we are 4 made. From a little-known illness Only by taking an all-encompassing Our recent successes & achievements 5 almost completely ignored by policy- approach will we change the lives of Strategic Plan 2017 - 2018 Plan Strategic makers to a global commitment to the 400 million people we serve, as eliminate viral hepatitis from every well as the millions more put at risk Raising awareness of viral hepatitis 8 country in the world, the past decade each year. has proven that a strong patient voice Advocating for viral hepatitis 12 really can change the world. As we celebrate our ten year Ending the social injustice of viral hepatitis 16 anniversary, we cannot allow Testament to the tireless efforts of ourselves to become complacent. We World Hepatitis Alliance World Our funding 19 patient advocates across the globe, must honour our accomplishments progress shows no sign of halting. by using them to encourage greater Our members 20 The past year has proved to be a truly action. We must build on what we pivotal moment for viral hepatitis. The have achieved and in particular we global community came together at need to make elimination a cause that the inaugural World Hepatitis Summit everyone, not just our community, in September 2015 to help countries can get behind. We are going to have develop national hepatitis plans; to galvanise global will and we are viral hepatitis was finally recognised going to have to fight if we really as a global development priority want to live in a world that is free in the adoption of the Sustainable from viral hepatitis. Development Goals (SDGs); and every national government committed to the goal of eliminating viral hepatitis by 2030 by unanimously adopting the first-ever global strategy for viral hepatitis. Yet, against this backdrop of greater political interest, we are still faced with an inexcusable death toll and heart-breaking tales of suffering. Now that elimination is the accepted goal we have adapted our Global Strategy 2017-2018 to concentrate on the three fundamental areas that must be addressed to make this possible: • Raising awareness of viral hepatitis • Advocating for viral hepatitis • Ending the social injustice of viral hepatitis 4 5 OUR RECENT SUCCESSES AND Hepatitis Alliance World ACHIEVEMENTS We and our members have completely Goals (SDGs) and having a global strategy for transformed the landscape of viral hepatitis in the elimination of hepatitis B and C by 2030. less than 10 years of existence. We went from a We have also grown our membership to 240+ time where there was absolutely no awareness NGOs in over 80 countries. Together with these 2017 - 2018 Plan Strategic Strategic Plan 2017 - 2018 Plan Strategic of the disease and practically zero commitment members, we are more than ever committed to from countries to tackle it to now seeing viral fighting on behalf of people affected by viral hepatitis feature in the Sustainable Development hepatitis until we see this disease eliminated. In 2008 we set up World Hepatitis Day, one of just four disease-specific global awareness World Hepatitis Alliance World days that is celebrated on 28 July. In 2010 we successfully advocated for it to be officially adopted by WHO Member States. WHO WE ARE In 2010 and 2014 we initiated the first two WHO resolutions on viral hepatitis. FIGHTING FOR A WORLD FREE FROM VIRAL HEPATITIS In 2014 we persuaded Member States to ask WHO to assess the feasibility of elimination of The World Hepatitis Alliance is an ambitious The day-to-day activities of the organisation are viral hepatitis and to set targets to achieve elimination. patient-led and patient-driven organisation carried out by a small, dedicated team based representing the 400 million living with viral at our London office. The team is able to call on hepatitis. our ‘expert panel’ of leading authorities from That led to the creation in 2015 of a draft of the Global Health Sector Strategy for viral around the world who are able to bring specialist hepatitis with targets and a goal of the elimination of both hepatitis B and hepatitis C by Our Executive Board is composed of a President knowledge to help us in areas where we are lacking 2030. and six Regional Board Members, all of whom are expertise. living with or have been cured of viral hepatitis B or C. They are unpaid and their primary role is to We work with a wide range of organisations, global In 2015 we established the World Hepatitis Summit, a large-scale, global biennial event provide governance and strategic direction to the bodies and civil society groups but also directly that is a joint initiative between World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Hepatitis organisation and in doing so ensure we always with national Ministries of Health. In addition, Alliance (WHA) - in collaboration with a different host country for each Summit. remain an organisation for the people living with our official relations status with the World Health viral hepatitis. Organization and our consultative status with United Nations ECOSOC, enable us to have a seat at In 2016 we successfully advocated for the Global Health Sector Strategy for viral hepatitis the table and effect policy change at a global level. to be adopted by WHO and its Member States. In 2016 we created and launched NOhep, the global movement to eliminate viral hepatitis OUR MISSION OUR VALUES by 2030. To achieve a world free from viral hepatitis, we provide global leadership in advocacy, Make a difference Integrity In 2015 and 2016 we worked with WHO Regional Offices on the development of regional awareness-raising and the fight to end its Action Plans and then advocated for their adoption by the Member States of those regions. social injustice. Ambition Trust 6 7 OUR CORE AREAS OF WORK MAKING AN IMPACT Hepatitis Alliance World A snapshot of how our work benefits our members: “Working with the World Hepatitis Alliance has helped us build our 2017 - 2018 Plan Strategic Strategic Plan 2017 - 2018 Plan Strategic “Since 2010, we have joined forces Raising awareness of viral hepatitis awareness and knowledge of the with the World Hepatitis Alliance to global policy landscape and through 1 celebrate World Hepatitis Day. The their regular capability building resources and guidance they provide webinars, have helped us translate us each year connects us with a global policies into national actions.” global community of organisations, Liver Foundation, West Bengal, India patients and governments, helping World Hepatitis Alliance World us to build awareness and deliver national impact.” Deutsche Leberhilfe e.V., Germany “Support from the World Hepatitis Alliance greatly assists in getting our voice heard by the government. The resources and guidance provided, “Being part of the first ever World such as the template letter to Advocating for viral hepatitis Hepatitis Summit and meeting ministers calling for the adoption of 2 delegates from across the globe the Global Health Sector Strategy at was a unique opportunity. There the World Health Assembly, makes was a spine-tingling energy in the engaging with policy makers easier room and there was a clear sense and more effective. By joining in such that history was being made and initiatives, we know we’re part of a the growing global commitment to larger global patient advocacy voice.” addressing hepatitis could only be National Organisation for People advanced as a result.” Living with Hepatitis B, Uganda Hepatitis Australia, Australia “Being a member of the WHA means Ending the social injustice of viral to belong to a global community hepatitis “More than 15 million people are where people with different 3 living with Hepatitis in Pakistan. languages and cultures, they put We used the platform of NOhep to aside their differences and cooperate engage multi stakeholders including together to help stop the spread of young people, homeless people, viral hepatitis, to benefit the health pregnant women, transgenders, of patients.” people who inject drugs, media, Fundación Hepatos Aión, Mexico health care workers, academia and religious groups in Hepatitis awareness and screening programs to achieve the common aim of leave no one behind.” Bridging Health Foundation, Pakistan 9 OUR FOCUS Hepatitis Alliance World Viral hepatitis kills more each year than any of Together with our members, we have the other big communicable diseases such as successfully raised awareness of these cancer- HIV, TB or Malaria and is now the 7th leading causing viruses within the political, health and, cause of death globally. Lack of awareness to a certain extent, global development spheres amongst the general public remains one of the but much more remains to be done. With 400 Strategic Plan 2017 - 2018 Plan Strategic key reasons that, while deaths from HIV, TB and million people living with this disease and only malaria are falling, those from viral hepatitis 5% knowing their status, raising awareness are if anything increasing. We have undoubtedly remains a crucial part of our work and the come a long way from the days when viral next step is for us to ensure we have solid hepatitis was almost entirely neglected on the data backing our campaigns, continue to grow global health agenda to the commitment in the global impact of World Hepatitis Day and 2016 by all the 194 governments to eliminate it together with our members and partners extend by 2030.
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