Selective or universal hepatitis B birth dose in sub-Saharan Africa?

Lancet Glob Health. 2023 May;11(5):e638-e639. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(23)00168-7.

Authors

Lia Laura Lewis-Ximenez¹, Luis Baião Peliganga²

Affiliations

¹ Viral Hepatitis Ambulatory, Viral Hepatitis Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro 21040-900, Brazil. Electronic address: lialewis.fiocruz@gmail.com.
² Internal Medicine Investigation Department, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Agostinho Neto, Luanda, Angola; Ministry of Health, Luanda, Angola.

PMID: 37061299
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(23)00168-7

No abstract available

Publication types

Comment

MeSH terms

Africa South of the Sahara / epidemiology
Female
Hepatitis B* / epidemiology
Hepatitis B* / prevention & control
Humans
Parturition
Pregnancy