If you know about Liver Disease – Hepatitis, MASLD/MASH, ALD, PBC – it’s likely because of what we call here at LiverRight “The Tremendous Twenty.”
There are 20 passionate, proud & powerful ADVOCACY organizations in the USA and around the world that have shone a bright hot light on a Wildly Ignored Organ: The Liver.
Every Thursday, we spotlight one of the bold pioneers,
and you can watch the total list unfold here–
THE 20 ADVOCACY ICONS IN LIVER DISEASE
- The PBC Foundation
- Hepatitis B Foundation
- Next Week: Blue Faery
[and 17 more Advocacy Icons to come]
ADVOCACY ICON: The Hepatitis B Foundation
FOUNDED IN: 1991
HQ IN: Doylestown, PA
KEY ADVOCATOR: Rober Gish, MD
DESCRIBED: The Hepatitis B Foundation is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to finding a cure and improving the quality of life for those affected by hepatitis B worldwide. Our commitment includes funding focused research, promoting disease awareness, supporting immunization and treatment initiatives, and serving as the primary source of information for patients and their families, the medical and scientific community, and the general public.
The Hepatitis B Foundation, Baruch S. Blumberg Institute and Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center are three distinct nonprofit organizations working in a shared ecosystem to foster scientific innovation to create a world free of hepatitis B and liver cancer.
The Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center is the home for the Hepatitis B Foundation and the Baruch S. Blumberg Institute, fostering a collaborative environment for early-stage life science companies to thrive and contribute to the mission of curing Hepatitis B and Liver Cancer. The Baruch S. Blumberg Institute is a research organization dedicated to finding a cure for hepatitis B and liver cancer.
FOCUS AREA: Hepatitis B is the most common serious liver infection in the world. It is caused by the hepatitis B virus that attacks and injures the liver. Two billion people (or 1 in 3) have been infected and about 300 million people are living with a chronic hepatitis B infection. Each year up to 1 million people die from hepatitis B despite the fact that it is preventable and treatable.
QUOTED: Doylestown, Pa., Dec. 12, 2024 – The Hepatitis B Foundation is making a major new, multiyear investment to launch a new program supporting hepatitis B elimination in Africa, where its staff has been working with strong local partners in more than 12 countries to develop models for prevention, education, testing and linkage to care.
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