International Women’s Day with LiverWELL

A few weeks ago, on 8 March, it was International Women’s Day and to celebrate, we went out into the community, to raise awareness of viral hepatitis and liver health at the cohealth International Women’s Day event.

Women’s health affects every woman. So it’s important we work together to educate and energise women navigating the health system by promoting services, care options and treatment tailored to them.

We were thrilled to be joined by amazing organisations making an effort to improve knowledge of women’s health such as: BreastScreen Victoria Diabetes Australia Cancer Council Australia Australian Breastfeeding Association and The Community Grocer.

Women don’t have equal opportunity, representation, and quality of life – nor do they have equality in health care. Globally more than 5 million women, children and adolescents die from preventable health conditions every year. There is still gender disparity in liver treatment. Fewer women are able to access liver transplants than men. They are 4 times more likely to have autoimmune hepatitis, and in older people, women are more likely to have fatty liver disease than men.

LiverWELL supports all women to embrace their liver health, raise awareness, and take steps in keeping their livers healthy