Barriers to childhood immunization in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review

JB Bangura, S Xiao, D Qiu, F Ouyang, L Chen - BMC public health, 2020 - Springer
Background Immunization to prevent infectious diseases is a core strategy to improve
childhood health as well as survival. It remains a challenge for some African countries to …

The global impact of hepatitis B vaccination on hepatocellular carcinoma

JE Flores, AJ Thompson, M Ryan, J Howell - Vaccines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Over 1.5 million preventable new hepatitis B infections continue to occur each year and
there are an estimated 296 million people living with chronic hepatitis B infection worldwide …

[图书][B] Global hepatitis report 2017

World Health Organization - 2017 - apps.who.int
Under the terms of this licence, you may copy, redistribute and adapt the work for
noncommercial purposes, provided the work is appropriately cited, as indicated below. In …

[图书][B] Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B virus (HBV): Guidelines on antiviral prophylaxis in pregnancy

World Health Organization - 2020 - books.google.com
WHO estimates that in 2015, 257 million people were living with chronic hepatitis B virus
(HBV) infection worldwide, and that 900 000 had died from HBV infection, mostly as a result …

[HTML][HTML] The status of hepatitis B control in the African region

L Breakwell, C Tevi-Benissan, L Childs… - The Pan African …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract The World Health Organization (WHO) African Region has approximately 100
million people with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. This review describes the status …

Implementation approaches for introducing and overcoming barriers to hepatitis B birth-dose vaccine in sub-Saharan Africa

A Boisson, V Goel, M Yotebieng, JB Parr… - … Health: Science and …, 2022 - ghspjournal.org
ABSTRACT In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), chronic viral hepatitis B (HBV) affects more than
60 million people. Mother-to-child transmission is a major contributor to the ongoing HBV …

A new approach to prevent, diagnose, and treat hepatitis B in Africa

CW Spearman, MI Andersson, B Bright… - BMC Global and Public …, 2023 - Springer
There are 82 million people living with hepatitis B (PLWHB) in the World Health
Organization Africa region, where it is the main cause of liver disease. Effective vaccines …

Timeliness of routine childhood vaccination among 12–35 months old children in The Gambia: Analysis of national immunisation survey data, 2019–2020

O Wariri, CE Utazi, U Okomo, M Sogur, KA Murray… - PloS one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The Gambia's routine childhood vaccination programme is highly successful, however,
many vaccinations are delayed, with potential implications for disease outbreaks. We …

Maternal education, empowerment, economic status and child polio vaccination uptake in Pakistan: a population based cross sectional study

MT Khan, S Zaheer, K Shafique - BMJ open, 2017 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives To explore the association of maternal education and empowerment with
childhood polio vaccination using nationally representative data of Pakistani mothers in a …

[HTML][HTML] Vaccination timeliness and delay in low-and middle-income countries: a systematic review of the literature, 2007-2017

NB Masters, AL Wagner, ML Boulton - Human vaccines & …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Traditional measurements of vaccine coverage at specific ages can mask poor
vaccine timeliness. However, optimal measurement of timing is unclear due to variations in …