World Hepatitis Day event: “Cure for Hepatitis B- hoax, hype, or hope?”

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Hi everyone,

if you’re in or near Naarm/Melbourne, Australia, this free World Hepatitis Day event is for you!
Hepatitis B Voices Australia are holding an event at the Doherty Institute on Tues 28 July from 5.30pm to 8pm.

The theme of the evening is “Cure for Hepatitis B- hoax, hype, or hope?”

HepBCommunity.org’s very own @ThomasTu will be speaking, alongside other leading hep B experts. There will be panel discussions, Q&A sessions, informal networking and food!

For more information or to reserve your spot (the event is free), use the link below.

Jo

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We hope the event will be filmed so people from around the world will attend it. We also hope that the breakthrough of HBV cure isn’t a hoax or hype :palms_up_together:

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@MedMR, it’s your lucky day! There will indeed be an online option- when you click on the button to reserve a spot, it comes up. However, the organisers are just working out the details of how online will function, so I can’t give you more details than that. I’ll let you know as soon as I do. :grinning_face:

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Thank you so much @joanna.f :folded_hands:

I’ll be waiting.

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Just want to bump this post: This will be a FREE and CATERED event! Looking forward to seeing a lot of Melbournians to discuss the important information about upcoming hep B cures!

@Elton, @Patricia, @dane, @kimbopumpkin

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Thanks Thomas confirming I will be there.

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@ThomasTu I signed up for the online option, but then I realized it’s at 1 am in my timezone. Will it be recorded?

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Another update on this for everyone interested.

  1. There is an online option- when you click on the button “reserve a spot”, you will see it. A link will be sent to you closer to the time.

  2. Online participants will be able to interact and submit questions for the Q&A session.

  3. It will also be recorded, so those who are in different time zones can watch later. (I think still book a ticket though, to ensure you can access the recording).

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Jo

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Just wanted to express my thanks for this event and making it available worldwide. I am in the U.S. and happen to wake up right at 3:26 a.m. naturally even though that’s not my regular wake up time. I was able to listen in for an hour before I had to get up and get ready for the day. Looking forward to accessing the recording!

I will definitely be checking in with my hepatologist to see if I can get my quantitative surface antigen tested. I have surprisingly never had this test run before despite having been on treatment for 6 years, they seem to only do qualitative. Fingers crossed!

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Dear @Rebecca, wow! Thank you (and for all attendees!) for your commitment and time!

Yes, we’ll try to have a recording out soon - we’re hoping to subtitle it with multiple languages so the most number of people can benefit from it!

Cheers,

Thomas

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@Rebecca I also live in the US now, and that has been my experience with the quantitative surface antigen test as well. It’s not performed routinely, and usually you have to specifically ask for it. I hope it becomes more widespread soon.

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