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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
WDHD 2018 Highlights
With the celebration of World Digestive
Health Day (WDHD) every year
on May 29th comes a plethora of
tools, resources, events, and activities
developed by experts and community
leaders from around the world to
mark the day. The World Gastroenterology
Organisation (WGO) and
the WGO Foundation thanks each
member society, organization, healthcare
professional and participant for
helping spread the word about Viral
Hepatitis, B and C. We are happy to
share with you some of the wonderful
highlights from the campaign this
year so far.
Tools and Resources
World Digestive Health Day
(WDHD) 2018 is pleased to provide
various tools and resources for use
across the globe, in support of this
year’s campaign.
The following WGO Global
Guidelines and Cascades are featured
as useful resources for the WDHD
2018 campaign. The Hepatitis B and
Hepatitis C Guidelines are globally
applicable, cascade-based guidelines,
offering different options for diagnosis
and treatment depending on the
resources available.
WDHD Events and Success Stories
The success of WDHD 2018 continues,
with 19 events from 13 countries
reported so far this year! Since April,
events ranging from lectures and
workshops, policy debates, walk-athons,
panel discussions television
programs, and many more have taken
place in honor of WDHD 2018.
What event or activity will you
think of next?
WGO challenges you to develop
even more exciting ways to celebrate
digestive health all year long by getting
involved in your community to
improve the standards of practice and
educate the public on how to manage
their diet and gut! WGO is pleased to
provide you with a few ways that you
can celebrate and take action in your
respective communities:
Don’t forget to let us know what
you are planning for WDHD 2018
by visiting www.worldgastroenterology.
org/forms/submit-event.php to
submit your event. Once your event
has been approved, you can view it
and other upcoming WDHD events
on the WGO Meeting and Events
Calendar at http://www.worldgastroenterology.
org/meetings-and-events/
meetings-and-events-calendar?event_
type=World%20Digestive%20
Health%20Day%20Event.
Hosted an event already this year?
As always, we invite you to share
summaries and photos from your
event as well. These will be featured
on our website and in future issues of
e-WGN as well as promoted via social
media! Also, let us know about the
success of the event and how WGO
can best support your efforts in the
future. We greatly appreciate your
feedback!
With events continuing to take
place through the end of 2018, we
are pleased to feature summaries from
the following WDHD 2018 events
that have recently taken place! Please
stay tuned for more featured WDHD
2018 success stories in our upcoming
issues later this year.
WDHD Social
To join the conversation in support
of WDHD 2018, tag WGO on
Facebook (World Digestive Health
Day – WDHD) and/or Twitter (@
WGOF_WDHD) and be sure to
include #WDHD2018 in your post.
We encourage you to connect and
interact with us on LinkedIn too, as