World Hepatitis Day Creative Competition
Congratulations to our competition winners!
In January 2009 the World Hepatitis Alliance launched a competition calling on creative people around the globe to take part in the first World Hepatitis Day Creative Competition. The competition was aimed at encouraging new and imaginative ways to get people talking about hepatitis B and C and entries could take the form of any creative media and be in any language.
We are delighted to announce the winners of the competition and would like to thank everybody who took part.
Category: ‘World Hepatitis Day’
This category included entries that raised awareness about World Hepatitis Day itself:
Winner: Sharon Moyer, Canada
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“This poster is visually striking with all the key messages that this competition hoped to communicate. Sharon has produced a very professional design. Congratulations!” – Charles Gore, President, World Hepatitis Alliance.
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Runner up: Pragyan Paramita Nanda, India
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“The colourful poster emphasizes the importance of World Hepatitis Day for a disease no less important than AIDS, and beautifully dramatizes the importance of vaccination to fight the Hepatitis B scourge” – Siba Panigrahi, competition judge.
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Category: ‘Am I Number 12?’
This category included entries that raised awareness of the fact that one in twelve people around the world is living with chronic viral hepatitis B or C, and the vast majority are unaware they are infected:
Winner: Harriet and Stella MacDonald, Australia
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"I picked this video as it clearly shows the diversity of opinion and knowledge regarding Hep C in the general community, whilst also reinforcing sound facts about the disease and its treatment in a humorous, playful and very accessible way" – Panos Couros, competition judge.
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Runner up: Michelle Sykes, Canada
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“Children always capture the attention of any audience and that's exactly what your
picture did! Good job!” – D’Angela Green, competition judge.
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Here is a selection of the inspiring entries that we received.
The entries were judges on creativity, originality and the ability to educate and raise awareness of hepatitis. Thank you to all those who submitted an entry - we were delighted with the response and the standard of entries was extremely high.