Local resident Shahnaz Ahmad, will be helping visitors to Stratford Shopping Center to consider their risks of hepatitis C infection on World Hepatitis Day, as part of a Government campaign to raise awareness of the blood-borne virus.
The portraits are of people who have lived or are currently living with hepatitis C, produced by photographer Michele Martinoli, herself successfully treated for the virus. Martinoli's work has previously been shown in titles such as The Face, Attitude, AXM, QX, G3, The Times, Sunday Mirror and Time Out
Shahnaz, who cleared hepatitis C through treatment, will be at the South Mall, Stratford Shopping Centre, at 10am on Monday 19 May 2008 to unveil an exhibition of giant photographic portraits of people with hepatitis C, to coincide with World Hepatitis Day.
Hepatitis C, which can cause serious liver damage, is estimated to affect about 200,000 people across England, the majority of whom are probably unaware of their condition.
For more information about hepatitis C:
www.nhs.uk/hepc
Hepatitis C Information Line 0800 451451
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