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GLOBAL LIVER INSTITUTE

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Obstetric and Neonatal Professionals Must Work More Closely with Pregnant People to Identify Liver Diseases Early

Feb 1, 2023

(Washington D.C., February 1, 2023) – Global Liver Institute (GLI) launches its third annual #RareAware campaign today to raise awareness of and build resources for liver health challenges to maternal and neonatal well-being through a series of webinars, storytimes, and social media outreach. Liver diseases such as (spell out) ICP and BA can complicate a pregnancy or endanger a newborn’s earliest days, in the worst cases threatening the lives of baby and mother alike.

Global Liver Institute Announces New Leadership of the Liver Action Network

Dec 5, 2022

In 2021, Global Liver Institute (GLI) launched the Liver Action Network (LAN) to better synchronize engagement across the liver advocacy community and to meet the needs of a rapidly growing cadre of liver health advocates. The LAN operates as a first-of-its-kind network that provides community member organizations a central structure for the formulation of collective health policy and programmatic solutions.

If We Do Not Prevent Liver Disease Now, the World Will Face Devastating Loss of Both Life and Financial Resources

Nov 2, 2022

Global Liver Institute (GLI), the premier patient-led liver health nonprofit operating globally, announces the launch of its Global State of Liver Health report as part of its Liver Health is Public Health (LHPH) initiative. Through compiled statistics and expert perspectives, the report paints a preliminary picture of the key issues in liver health worldwide as well as the unique challenges faced by communities in specific regions before providing recommendations for the future.

Global Liver Institute Recognized as a Healthy People 2030 Champion

Oct 4, 2022

Global Liver Institute (GLI), the premier patient-led liver health nonprofit operating worldwide, announces that the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has recognized the organization as a Healthy People 2030 Champion.

Rates of Liver Cancers Are Going Up – and Communities of Color Face the Most Risk

Oct 1, 2022

Global Liver Institute (GLI) today launches its 5th annual #OctoberIs4Liver education and awareness campaign, which calls attention to liver cancer – the third deadliest cancer in the world. Throughout the month, GLI will use media, social media, educational expert panels, and other events to…

Global Liver Institute Congratulates Dr. Monica Bertagnolli for Imminent Appointment as Director of the National Cancer Institute

Aug 12, 2022

Washington, DC – August 12, 2022 – As leaders in the liver cancers community, Global Liver Institute (GLI) proudly supports President Biden’s selection of Monica Bertagnolli, MD, to be appointed as the Director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI).
Bertagnolli is the first woman to serve as chief of the Division of Surgical Oncology at Brigham and…

The Embassy of Italy Joins Global Liver Institute to commemorate International NASH Day

Jun 13, 2022

(Washington, DC – June 14, 2022) – The Embassy of Italy, in collaboration with Global Liver Institute (GLI), will host an event on June 14 entitled “From Progress in the Control of Viral Hepatitis to the Rising Epidemic of NASH” for the occasion of International NASH Day, a liver health awareness campaign led annually by GLI in June. The event will feature a scientific presentation highlighting the bilateral…

International NASH Day Highlights a Common – But Unfamiliar – Liver Disease

Jun 8, 2022

Washington, DC – June 8, 2022 – Global Liver Institute (GLI) calls attention to NASH by leading the 5th annual International NASH Day on June 9. The number of people with this advanced liver disease is expected to double by 2030, but #NASHday aims to prevent this growth. Join the movement…

Women’s Health is Liver Health: Global Liver Institute’s Statement Affirming the Fundamental Right of Women to Full Spectrum of Reproductive Health Services

May 4, 2022

(Washington, D.C., May 3, 2022) – Global Liver Institute (GLI), a premier patient-led liver health nonprofit operating globally, is deeply concerned by the draft opinion published by POLITICO indicating the Supreme Court of the United States may overturn Roe v. Wade. A decision of this magnitude…

GLI’s Liver Cancers Team applauds Norman E. “Ned” Sharpless, M.D., for his passionate leadership of the National Cancer Institute

Apr 29, 2022

(Washington, D.C., April 29, 2022) – As leaders in the liver cancer community, Global Liver Institute and their Liver Cancers team expresses our gratitude and recognizes Dr. Ned Sharpless and his tremendous work as the Director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institute…

GLI’s Liver Action Network Supports Living Donor Day and Urges for Increased Awareness of Living Donation

Apr 6, 2022

Today, April 6, the members of the Liver Action Network (LAN) pledge our collective support for Living Donor Day to honor the donors, recipients, families and caregivers, and clinical teams that make the lifesaving gift of organ donation possible globally. In connection with this pledge, the U.S. members…

Global Liver Institute Launches Its Liver Health Is Public Health Initiative

Mar 30, 2022

(Washington, D.C., March 30, 2022) – Global Liver Institute (GLI), a patient-led liver health nonprofit operating globally, today announced the launch of its global Liver Health is Public Health (LHPH) initiative with a special feature in the 2022 Your Liver supplement in the Guardian. Liver conditions continue to be misunderstood, mischaracterized, and stigmatized, resulting in under-diagnosis, under-treatment, and unnecessarily…

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