Date: SEPTEMBER 11, 2021
İSTÜN, İstanbul Sağlık ve Teknoloji Üniversitesi, organized a symposium on the new variant of Hepatitis that is Hepatitis Delta on 11th September 2021. It was a hybrid symposium where a number of people from all over the world were invited to join this informative webinar. Prof. Necati Ormeti, İSTÜN Vice Rector for healthcare & Dean of the faculty of Medicine, and Prof. Dr. Ibrahim Halil Bahceciglu who is a member of Firat University Faculty of Medicine Inst. were the moderators at this symposium. On the other hand, Prof. Dr. Mario Rizetto from Italy; Dr. Gulnera from Azerbaijan; Dr. Zaigham Abbas, then President of PSSLD; Prof. Dr. Heiner Wedemeyer; and Prof. Dr. Cihan Yurdaydin from Turkey spoke on epidemiology, history and the Treatment of HDV. The session was closed with the discussion on Hepatitis Delta by the participants, speakers and the moderators.