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World Tuberculosis Day 2014
For World TB Day 2014, ECDC was focusing on multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB), particularly on MDR TB treatment and treatment outcomes.
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World Hepatitis Day - 2014
World Hepatitis Day is marked on 28 July each year to increase the awareness and understanding of viral hepatitis.
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World Tuberculosis Day 2015
For World TB Day 2015, ECDC focused on the specific challenges that Europe faces on the road to elimination.
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World Hepatitis Day 2016
The goal: eliminating viral hepatitis as a public health threat by 2030
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World Tuberculosis Day - 2016
Tuberculosis is a persistent public health threat but it could be eliminated if specific action is taken. In Europe, most countries have low TB rates. The disease tends to concentrates among the marginalised, the poorest and most vulnerable groups.
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World Tuberculosis Day - 2017
World Tuberculosis Day - marked each year on 24 March - gives the occasion to raise awareness about TB and to advocate for efforts to eliminate it.
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World Hepatitis Day 2017
The theme of World Hepatitis Day 2017 was the elimination of viral hepatitis
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World Health Day 2014: focusing on vector-borne diseases in Europe
2014, the focus of World Health day was on vector-borne diseases. World Health Day is a worldwide initiative celebrated every year on 7 April to mark the anniversary of the founding of the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1948.
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Viral hepatitis: testing saves lives
Every year, around 50 000 newly diagnosed cases of hepatitis B and C are reported across Europe but millions are unaware of their infection. Left untreated, hepatitis can cause irreversible liver damage. Hepatitis A is recognised as a re-emerging health threat in Europe.
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ECDC marks World Hepatitis Day on 28 July
Unknown, undiagnosed, untreated - hepatitis affects millions of people around the world but as many infections are accompanied by no symptoms, the disease is often not diagnosed. Untreated chronic infection with hepatitis B and C may progress to liver cirrhosis or cancer.