ALL4LIVER
LIVING WITH HEPATITIS B
FIGHTING HEPATITIS WITH KNOWLEDGE AND ACTION
EMPOWERING PEOPLE LIVING WITH HEPATITIS B
‘Creating a Healthier Asia’ is Gilead’s awareness campaign highlighting pressing concerns ranging from misinformation, inaction, delayed diagnosis, and other barriers to receiving care, seen through the lens of people living with hepatitis B in Asia.
ALL4LIVER Grant
FOR A
HEALTHIER
WORLD THAT IS HEPATITIS FREE
Launched in 2021, the biennial All4LIVER Grant supports local communities to enhance education about viral hepatitis across Asia. Hepatitis B and C affect 325 million people worldwide. More than 3% of the world’s population are estimated to be living with chronic hepatitis B (HBV).
According to the World Health Organization, hepatitis B contributed to approximately 887,000 deaths in 2019, mostly from cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
The WHO has set clear and targeted goals to eliminate viral hepatitis as a public health threat by 2030. At Gilead, we aim to partner with local communities to help work towards these goals. To support these efforts, we continually strive to learn more about gaps in knowledge, awareness and attitudes towards liver health and liver diseases.
One step to gaining this deeper understanding is the first Liver Index study, conducted by Gilead across 11 countries and territories in Asia in 2020.
The Index results found that increasing education and raising public awareness, coupled with adopting a multi-sectoral collaborative approach to addressing viral hepatitis, can help make the 2030 elimination goal possible.
To facilitate the fight against viral hepatitis and empower those who can help bring this conversation to the forefront, Gilead is launching ALL4LIVER, a grant program to support local communities to enhance education about viral hepatitis across Asia.
LIVER INDEX FINDINGS
KEY GAPS IN VIRAL HEPATITIS AWARENESS#
1 in 2
people had not heard of hepatitis C
Only 1 in 3
people are aware of the various stages of liver scarring or fibrosis
1 in 2
people misunderstood that hepatitis B and hepatitis C are transmitted by dining with an infected person
AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT IN ATTITUDES TOWARDS SCREENING AND DIAGNOSIS#
Only 4 in 10
people had their health screening in the last 12 months
Only 4 in 10
people are aware of the available tests to diagnose hepatitis B and hepatitis C
# Lee, M.H., Ahn, S.H., Chan, H.L., Choudhry, A., Alvani Gani, R., Mohamed, R., Ong, J.P., Shukla, A., Tan, C.K., Tanwandee, T. and Thuy, P.T.T., 2022. Contextual and individual factors associated with knowledge, awareness and attitude on liver diseases: A large‐scale Asian study. Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 29(2), pp.156-170 .