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WORLD GASTROENTEROLOGY NEWS OCTOBER 2018
Editorial | Expert Point of View | Gastro 2018 | WDHD News | WGO & WGOF News | WGO Global Guidelines | Calendar of Events
Common Interest Group Meeting
Getting Closer to 2030 ... Where do
we stand? Towards elimination of
viral hepatitis on a global level
WGO’s 2018 WDHD theme is Viral Hepatitis B&C, Lifting the Global Burden. This session explores where eff orts
stand currently to eliminate viral hepatitis globally. Experts will present on the diagnosis and management of viral
hepatitis B&C and the challenges to eliminating viral hepatitis on a global scale.
This program has been developed in response to World Digestive Health Day (WDHD) 2018. WDHD is the premier
advocacy and public awareness campaign organized each year by the WGO and the theme for 2018 is Viral
Hepatitis, B & C: Lifting the Global Burden.
World Gastroenterology Organisation (WGO) • WGO Foundation (WGOF)
555 East Wells Street, Suite 1100 Milwaukee, WI 53202 USA
Tel: +1 (414) 918-9798 Fax: +1 (414) 276-3349 Email: Info@worldgastroenterology.org
Websites: www.worldgastroenterology.org www.wgofoundation.org
WGOF-0918-330
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United European Gastroenterology (UEG) Week – Vienna Austria
Date: Monday, 22 October, 2018 Time: 18:00-19:30
Room Location: Austria Center Vienna — Room N2 (Level 1)
Chair: Cihan Yurdaydin, President, WGO
SPEAKERS:
Joost Drenth
Netherlands
Cihan Yurdaydin
President, WGO
Philippa Easterbrook
World Health Organization
(WHO) Switzerland
PROGRAM
18:00-18:05 - Opening remarks: Cihan Yurdaydin,
President, WGO
18:05-18:30 - Diagnosis and management of viral
hepatitis B: The problem – Joost Drenth, Netherlands
18:30-18:55 - Diagnosis and management of viral
hepatitis C: WGO’s perspective – Cihan Yurdaydin, Turkey
18:55-19:20 - Challenges of viral hepatitis elimination
on a global scale – Philippa Easterbrook, World Health
Organization (WHO), Switzerland
19:20-19:30 - Question and Answer
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