Progress Toward Hepatitis B Control — World Health Organization European Region, 2016–2019
Nino Khetsuriani, Liudmila Mosina, Pierre Van Damme, Antons Mozalevskis, Siddhartha Sankar Datta, Rania A. Tohme
Abstract
annually during that period. Antenatal hepatitis B screening coverage was ≥90% in 17 (57%) of 30 countries that selectively provided HepB-BD to infants born to mothers with positive HBsAg test results. In January 2020, Italy and the Netherlands became the first counties in EUR to be validated to have achieved the regional hepatitis B control targets. Countries can accelerate progress toward hepatitis B control by improving coverage with HepB and interventions to prevent MTCT and documenting achievement of the HBsAg seroprevalence target through representative serosurveys or, in low-endemicity countries, antenatal screening.
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MedicineHBsAgHepatitis BVaccinationTransmission (telecommunications)Hepatitis B vaccineHepatitis B virusPediatricsPsychological interventionEnvironmental healthVirologyVirusPsychiatryElectrical engineeringEngineeringHepatitis B Virus StudiesHepatitis Viruses Studies and EpidemiologyVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy