ELPA
The Trust is a founder member of the European Liver Patients Association, an umbrella organisation with 20 member associations in 17 countries founded in 2004. Our chief executive served as ELPA's first president.
EU Parliamentary Work
The Trust worked with other ELPA members to secure the support of 470 MEPs, ensuring that the EU Parliament adopted a Written Declaration in 2007 calling for concerted EU-wide action to tackle hepatitis C. The Trust was also involved in the EU Hepatitis Summit in October 2010 and continues to support European advocacy work.
World Hepatitis Alliance
The establishment the World Hepatitis Alliance, formed to represent patient groups across the world, was driven by the Trust. In May 2010 the Alliance succeeded in persuading the 193 member states of the WHO to adopt a comprehensive resolution on viral hepatitis. This established the 28th July as World Hepatitis Day, one of only 8 official ‘world’ days, as well as the development of a global viral hepatitis strategy.
