This diagnostic tool could help eliminate hepatitis B by preventing mother-to-child transmission during childbirth, especially in low- and middle-income countries. Hepatitis B is a liver ...

Methods: We determined antibody to hepatitis B surface antigen (anti-HBs) at 4-13 years of age in 363 low risk children who had been vaccinated starting at birth with hepatitis B vaccine.

Despite knowing how to prevent vertical transmission (from mother to the baby) of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis-B infections, ...

And if you’re pregnant, you can pass it on to your newborn. Viral hepatitis is an inflammation of your liver that's caused by a virus. The most common ones in the U.S. are hep A, B, and C.

To this end, the WHO, UNICEF and UNAIDS have launched the Regional Roadmap for the Triple Elimination of Mother-to-Child ...

"If a child misses their Hepatitis B immunisation, parents should seek advice from the nearest health clinic to reschedule the vaccination," he said.

In an ambitious goal to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis and Hepatitis B by 2026 the West Bengal government, has recently begun a pilot project, believed to be the first-of ...