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11 WORLD GASTROENTEROLOGY NEWS MAY 2017 Editorial | Expert Point of View | WCOG at ACG 2017 | WDHD News | WGO & WGOF News | WGO Global Guidelines | Calendar of Events How to Get Involved If you haven’t started planning your WDHD 2017 event, we invite you to start planning today. WGO challenges you to get involved in the campaign by creating exciting ways to raise awareness of IBD all year long, to improve the standards of practice and to educate the public. WGO is pleased to provide you with a few ways, in the table on page 10, that you can TAKE ACTION and CELEBRATE World Digestive Health Day in your respective community. WGO and WGOF are appreciative of all campaign participants and for your continued efforts in supporting the WDHD 2017 campaign. We look forward to a successful year ahead! To request a copy of the WDHD 2017 logo for use in promoting this year’s WDHD campaign or to submit an event, please visit http://www.worldgastroenterology.org/wgo-foundation/wdhd/wdhd-2017/submit-wdhd-2017-event. WDHD 2017 Steering Committee The World Digestive Health Day (WDHD) 2017 Campaign is led by the following individuals representing a global view and expertise on Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). They will guide the course of the campaign, leading in the development of tools and resources throughout 2017 and beyond. Chairman, World Digestive Health Day 2017 Charles Bernstein, MD, FRCPC University of Manitoba IBD Clinical and Research Centre Winnipeg, CANADA Chairman, WGO Foundation Cihan Yurdaydin, MD University of Ankara Medical School Ankara, TURKEY Vice Chair, WGO Foundation Richard Hunt, FRCP, FRCPEd, FRCPC, AGAF, MACG, MWGO Beaconsfield, UNITED KINGDOM Member Iris Dotan, MD Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center Tel Aviv, ISRAEL Member Suliman Fedail, MD, FRCP, MWGO Fedail Hospital Khartoum, SUDAN Member Richard Gearry, MB ChB, FRACP, PhD University of Otago, Christchurch Christchurch, NEW ZEALAND Member Anne Griffiths, MD, FRCPC Hospital for Sick Children Toronto, CANADA Member Saeed Hamid, MBBS, FRCP, FRCPI, FACP, FACG, FAASLD Aga Khan University & Hospital Karachi, PAKISTAN Member Toshifumi Hibi, MD, PhD Kitasato Institute Hospital Tokyo, JAPAN Member Siew Ng, MBBS, PhD, MRCP, FHKCP, FHKAM Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, HONG KONG Member Flavio Steinwurz, MD, MACG Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein Sao Paulo, BRAZIL Member Simon Travis, DPhil, FRCP Nuffield Department of Medicine Oxford, UNITED KINGDOM Member Jesus-K Yamamoto-Furusho, MD, MSc, PhD National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition Mexico City, MEXICO


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