Australian Centre for Hepatitis Virology, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia.
Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, University of Sydney at Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia.
Viruses. 2021 Sep 15;13(9):1838. doi: 10.3390/v13091838.
Viral hepatitis remains one of the most significant health issues globally, directly responsible for over 1 million deaths each year and affecting almost 300 million people around the world. Scientific research in recent decades has brought about improvements in the lives of people living with chronic viral hepatitis. On the 29 July 2021, the Australian Centre for Hepatitis Virology (ACHV) for the first time held a public educational forum for the general public. The main aim of this event was to inform the affected community about the importance of scientific research and give an overview of upcoming developments in the field. Here, we provide a detailed report of the panel discussion (including its organisation, execution, and lessons learned to incorporate into future events) and provide strategies that can be used by other scientific societies to hold similar events in their own communities.
病毒性肝炎仍然是全球最重要的健康问题之一，每年直接导致超过 100 万人死亡，影响全球近 3 亿人。近几十年来的科学研究为慢性病毒性肝炎患者的生活带来了改善。2021 年 7 月 29 日，澳大利亚肝炎病毒学中心 (ACHV) 首次为公众举办了一个公共教育论坛。此次活动的主要目的是向受影响的社区宣传科学研究的重要性，并概述该领域即将出现的新发展。在这里，我们详细报告了小组讨论（包括其组织、执行情况以及为今后的活动吸取的经验教训），并提供了其他科学学会可以在其所在社区举办类似活动的策略。
