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At least five different types of viral hepatitis cause problems of significant public health importance in Africa, where together they constitute a huge burden of disease. But until now, efforts to control the infections have been largely piecemeal. Analysis of the strategies needed to control each virus, however, reveals major overlaps.We propose that the control of these infections in the WHO African...
Despite the recommendation of the World Health Organization (WHO) to provide the first hepatitis B vaccine dose at birth (within 24h), there are epidemiological, economic and logistical reasons why this may not be the best approach for home births in Africa. The WHO policy presupposes that the epidemiology of hepatitis B infection in Africa is similar to the rest of the world and that the organizational,...
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