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Health facility capacity and Health-care worker knowledge, attitudes, and practices of hepatitis B vaccine birth-dose and maternal tetanus-diphtheria vaccine administration in Nigeria: A baseline assessment

Uba, Belinda V; Mohammed, Yahaya; Rhoda Fadahunsi, A; Adefisoye Adewole, G; Ugbenyo, Gideon; Wisdom, Margeret Osas; Wazir, Ndadilnasiya E; Michael, Charles A; Okeke, Lilian Akudo; Michael, Charles A; Okeke, Lilian Akudo; Kanu, Florence; Ikwe, Hadley; Sandhu, Hardeep S; Asekun, Adeyelu; Tohme, Rania A; Freeland, Catherine; Minta, Anna; Bashir, Sulaiman Saidu; Isa, Abdullahi; Vasumu, James J; Bahuli, Abubakar U; Ugwu, George O; Obi, Emmanuel I; Ismail, Binta Aduke; Okposen, Bassey Bassey; Bolu, Omotayo O; Shuaib, Faisal.
Ann. afr. med; 24 (1), 2025
Background: Hepatitis B virus(HBV) and neonatal tetanus infections remain endemic in Nigeria despite the availability of safe, effective vaccines. We aimed to determine health facilities’ capacity for hepatitis B vaccine birth dose (HepB‑BD) and maternal tetanus‑diphtheria (Td) vaccination and to...
Hepatitis B virus, Tetanus, Diphtheria, Infections, Hepatitis B Vaccines, Parturition, Vaccination, Contraindications, Attitude
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Hepatitis B chronic infection among pregnant women attending the antenatal care in Bor State Referral Hospital, South Sudan

Jok, Tereza Ajoh; Cherian, Shalini Ninan.
South Sudan med. j. (Online); 16 (3), 2023
Introduction: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a major public health problem affecting 400 million people worldwide, and is a common cause of chronic liver failure (cirrhosis) and hepatocellular carcinoma. Sixty-eight percent of infected people are from the African and Pacific regions. Vertical transmission fr...
Hepatitis B virus, Chromatography, Affinity, Pregnant Women, Hepatitis B, Chronic, Hepatitis B Surface Antigens, d0138120, Risk Factors, Hepatitis B Vaccines
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Protection level of anti-hepatitis B vaccine and immunoglobulin in a pediatric Cameroonian population

Kemenang, Merveille; Essomba, René G; Nanfack, Aubin; Endja, Paul F; Ndjolo, Alexis; Nkenfou, Céline N.
J. Public Health Africa (Online); 14 (12), 2023
Background: Background: Despite nearly twenty years of an effective vaccine, hepatitis B remains one of the most common viral infections worldwide. Mother-to-child transmission is a major route in children. Objective: to evaluate HBV-infected mothers’ children’s vaccination response. Methods: The Cen...
Hepatitis B, d0065140, d0065130, d0184450, d0368010, Hepatitis B Vaccines
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