World Hepatitis Day 2009
EDM number 1317 in 2008-09, proposed by Bob Laxton on 22/04/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Diseases and Health education and preventive medicine.
That this House notes that 19 May 2009 is World Hepatitis Day; is concerned that more than 500 million people worldwide have either chronic hepatitis B or C which is equivalent to one in 12 of the global population; is deeply concerned that these two diseases kill one million people annually; believes that worldwide action is needed in order to save millions of lives; hopes that World Hepatitis Day will increase public awareness of hepatitis B and C in the UK and internationally; and urges the Government to give its full backing to World Hepatitis Day and to support the resolution calling for a world day for the struggle against viral hepatitis at the 62nd meeting of the World Health Assembly in May 2009.
This motion has been signed by a total of 100 MPs, 3 of these signatures have been withdrawn.
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