Wisconsin Hepatitis C Program

The Wisconsin Hepatitis C Program is the lead agency in Wisconsin responsible for coordinating the state's public health activities related to the prevention, detection and treatment of hepatitis C.

May 19 is World Hepatitis Day -- Are You Number 12?

As part of World Hepatitis Day, the World Hepatitis Alliance and over 200 patient groups around the world are asking ‘Am I Number 12?’ to increase awareness of the shocking statistic that one in 12 people on the planet are living with hepatitis B or hepatitis C and yet the majority of those infected are unaware. Consider these vital facts:

500 million people worldwide are currently infected with hepatitis B or C
This is over 10 times the number infected with HIV/AIDS
Between them, hepatitis B and C kill 1.5 million people a year
One in every three people has been exposed to either or both viruses
Most of the 500 million infected do not know

World Hepatitis Day occurs in May which is Hepatitis Awareness Month and a time when health officials encourage everyone to lean more about viral hepatitis prevention and liver health.

For more information on World Hepatitis Day and other hepatitis information sources visit the following websites:

World Hepatitis Day
http://www.aminumber12.org (exit DHFS)

Fact Sheet on World Hepatitis Day & Hepatitis Awareness Month
(PDF, 61 KB)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hepatitis (exit DHFS)

Wisconsin Department of Health & Family Services Fact Sheets
Hepatitis A: http://dhfs.wisconsin.gov/communicable/factsheets/HepatitisA.htm
Hepatitis B: http://dhfs.wisconsin.gov/communicable/factsheets/HepatitisB.htm
Hepatitis C: http://dhfs.wisconsin.gov/communicable/factsheets/HepatitisC.htm

Wisconsin HIV/STD/Hepatitis C Information and Referral Center
http://www.irc-wisconsin.org (exit DHFS)

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Last Revised: May 06, 2008