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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

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...

Prevalence and associated risk factors of hepatitis B virus infections among women of reproductive age in Juba, South Sudan

Introduction: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a partially double-stranded, enveloped virus with a circular DNA genome. This virus increasingly infects the population. Information on HBV infections in South Sudan is limited. This study aimed to examine the prevalence and major risk factors of HBV infections am...

Sécurité transfusionnelle infectieuse pendant la pandémie à COVID-19: Evaluation de quelques marqueurs sérologiques au centre hospitalier et universitaire de Yaoundé, Cameroun
Infectious transfusion safety during the COVID-19 pandemic: evaluation of some serological markers at the Yaoundé University Teaching Hospital, Cameroon

Health sci. dis; 24 (2 Suppl 1), 2023
Objectif. Mettre à jour les données sur la prévalence des infections transmissibles par transfusion en contexte de pandémie à coronavirus est très important pour la sécurité transfusionnelle dans notre milieu. Méthodes. Une étude transversale prospective a été menée du 05 avril au 02 mai 202...

The synergism of hepatitis B and aflatoxicosis in hepatocellular carcinoma development: A mini-review

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the twelfth most common cancer and the fifth leading cause of worldwide cancer related death. Chronic hepatitis B infection, caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV) and exposure to aflatoxins is fundamental in the formation of HCC in developing countries. This review of sc...

Knowledge, attitude, and practice towards hepatitis B and C viruses among the population of Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo

Background Hepatitis B (HBV) and C (HCV) infection remains significant public health problem worldwide. Unfortunately, the Democratic Republic of Congo is in an area of high endemicity, and its population remains poorly informed about these viral infections. Therefore, this study aims to determine Lubumb...

Protection level of anti‑hepatitis B vaccine and immunoglobulin in a pediatric Cameroonian population

Despite the availability for nearly twenty years of an effective vaccine, hepatitis B remains one of the most frequent viral diseases throughout the world. Mother to child transmission is one of the primary routes of transmission in children. To assess the vaccine response in children born to HBV ...

Risk factors of transfusion transmissible infections among blood donors at Karongi Regional Centre for blood transfusion in Rwanda

Background Blood transfusion saves human lives, but also it can be a route for TransfusionTransmissible Infections (TTIs) including Human Immuno-Deficiency Virus (HIV), Hepatitis B virus (HBV), Hepatitis C virus (HCV), and syphilis. Objective This study aimed to explore the risk factors associated with T...

Seroprevalence and associated risk factors for hepatitis B virus among pregnant women attending health facility in Osogbo, Nigeria

Background Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection among pregnant women has a high rate of vertical transmission and consequential effects on fetal and neonatal outcomes. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and associated risk factors of infection among pregnant women attending antenatal care...

Hepatitis B chronic infection among pregnant women attending the antenatal care in Bor State Referral Hospital, South Sudan

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...

Maternal vaccination: A narrative review

Background: Vaccinations in general are considered to be one of the greatest achievements in medicine, saving millions of lives globally. Aim: This narrative review highlights issues related to vaccination in pregnancy and provides information on those vaccines registered for use in pregnancy. Method: Pu...