Speaker
Shaibu Issa, Sociology
Tanzania Health Alliance
Biography
Shaibu Issa is a passionate global hepatitis advocate from Tanzania with lived experience of hepatitis B. He is the Founder and Chairman of Tanzania Health Alliance (THA), a member of the Global Community Advisory Board (HBV-CAB) of the Hepatitis B Foundation, and serves on the Steering Committee of the International Liver Cancer Movement. After losing his brother to liver cancer, he dedicated his life to raising awareness, fighting stigma, and promoting access to testing, vaccination, and care. He is also a Patient Advocate on the AASLD Patient Advisory Group.