The Alliance for Public Health (APH) joins the global campaign – World Hepatitis Testing Week (WHTW) 2025, to draw attention to the importance of testing for hepatitis B and C.
From 18 to 24 November, awareness activities and hepatitis testing are carried out worldwide. Together with partners in Ukraine, Nigeria (DAPHO) and Kyrgyzstan (Partner Network Association), APH organizes testing through mobile clinics, community-based centers, and outreach activities to reach people most affected by hepatitis. By providing free testing, we help people learn their status and start treatment on time.
“Testing is the first step to ending hepatitis. During World Hepatitis Testing Week 2025, we are strengthening our efforts to make testing more accessible and reduce the burden of hepatitis in the communities we serve,” said Andriy Klepikov, Executive Director of the Alliance for Public Health.
According to the World Health Organization (World Hepatitis Report 2024), around 3,500 people die every day from hepatitis B and C, and approximately 6,000 new infections are recorded daily. Globally, an estimated 254 million people live with hepatitis B and 50 million with hepatitis C.
For more than 13 years, APH has been implementing comprehensive hepatitis C programs in Ukraine – from free testing and treatment to digital innovations that bring services closer to people.
“To end hepatitis C, we must be patient-centered and enable people to start treatment on the day of their first positive test. Today, this is possible – and we are expanding such programs in Ukraine and globally,” said Tetiana Deshko, Director of the International Programs Department at the Alliance for Public Health.
APH is a partner of the international consortium implementing the project “HCV Innovate Involve Inspire (HepC III)” together with Frontline AIDS and supported by Unitaid. The project introduces an innovative hepatitis C testing and treatment model for people who use drugs in Kyrgyzstan and Nigeria.
Join the global campaign from 18 to 24 November 2025!
Let’s make hepatitis testing a priority for everyone.
More information at heptestweek.org