Now is the Time to Scale Up Birth-Dose Hepatitis B Vaccine in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

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Journal: Nanoscale
[저자] Peyton Thompson, Jonathan B Parr, Alix Boisson, Devin Razavi-Shearer, Oliver C Ezechi, Su H Wang, Joseph D Tucker
[Category] update2024,
PMC URL    Pubmed URL    DOI URL    [DOI] 10.1093/infdis/jiad026    
[Article Type] Perspective
[Source] PMC

Fewer than half of the world’s infants have access to the birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine, preventing mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B virus and subsequent liver cancer. It is time to expand access for infants born in low-resource settings.

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【저자키워드】 vaccination, hepatitis B, Global health equity, Prevention of mother-to-child transmission,