World Liver Day 2023: 19 April

World Liver Day 2023: 19 April

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Category : Important Days Published on: April 20 2023

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  • World Liver Day is celebrated across the world on April 19. The day focuses on raising awareness about liver-related disorders and diseases as the highly complex organ of the body is responsible for immunity, digestion, as well as metabolism, making it important to keep the liver healthy.
  • For 2023, the theme for World Liver Day is ‘Be Vigilant, Do Regular Liver Check-Up, Fatty Liver Can Affect Anyone.’
  • The liver is the second most vital organ in our body. It helps in over five hundred functions that are related to metabolism, immunity, excretion and storage of absorbed nutrients.
  • World Liver Day was established by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to emphasise the need for liver disease awareness and the investment of resources in liver disease research.
  • It was officially celebrated for the first time on April 19, 2012, and has gained traction ever since.
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