Skip to Main Content

NISH (NITAG Support Hub) 6 : Hepatitis A vaccines: Hepatitis A vaccines in Africa

This Library Guide is a collection of useful documents & evidence on the efficacy, effectiveness and impact of the Hepatitis A vaccine to support NITAG members and other policy makers throughout Africa with making evidence-based recommendations.

Latest research articles

Patterson, J., Cleary, S., Norman, J. M., Van Zyl, H., Awine, T., Mayet, S., Kagina, B., Muloiwa, R., Hussey, G., & Silal, S. P. (2024). Modelling the Cost-Effectiveness of Hepatitis A in South Africa. Vaccines12(2), 116. DOI: 10.3390/vaccines12020116

Iqbal, H., Mehmood, B. F., Sohal, A., & Roytman, M. (2023). Hepatitis E infection: A review. World journal of virology12(5), 262–271. DOI: 10.5501/wjv.v12.i5.262

Patterson, J., Cleary, S., Silal, S. P., Hussey, G. D., Enoch, A., Korsman, S., Goddard, E., Setshedi, M., Spearman, W. C., Kagina, B. M., & Muloiwa, R. (2022). A retrospective study assessing the clinical outcomes and costs of acute hepatitis A in Cape Town, South Africa. BMC infectious diseases22(1), 45. DOI: 10.1186/s12879-021-06993-w

Yang, T., Liu, B., Yue, L., Xie, T., Li, H., Shao, M., Yang, R., Luo, F., Long, R., & Xie, Z. (2021). Preclinical safety assessment of a combined vaccine against Hepatitis a virus and enterovirus 71. Vaccine39(29), 3952–3963. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.05.058

Elbahrawy, A., Ibrahim, M. K., Eliwa, A., Alboraie, M., Madian, A., & Aly, H. H. (2021). Current situation of viral hepatitis in Egypt. Microbiology and immunology65(9), 352–372.  DOI: 10.1111/1348-0421.12916

Mutsaerts, E. A. M. L., Nunes, M. C., Bhikha, S., Ikulinda, B. T., Jose, L., Koen, A., Moultrie, A., Grobbee, D. E., Klipstein-Grobusch, K., Weinberg, A., & Madhi, S. A. (2020). Short-term immunogenicity and safety of hepatitis-A and varicella vaccines in HIV-exposed uninfected and HIV-unexposed South African children. Vaccine38(22), 3862–3868. DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.03.045

Fahrni, O., Posfay-Barbe, K. M., & Wagner, N. (2020). Immunization Against Hepatitis A in Migrant Children: Three Vaccination Strategies, A Retrospective Study. The Pediatric infectious disease journal39(2), 164–169. DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002526

Rothe, C., Boecken, G., & Ständiger Ausschuss Reisemedizin (StAR) der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Tropenmedizin und Globale Gesundheit (DTG) (2020). Reiseimpfungen [Travel vaccinations]. Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz63(1), 74–84. Rothe, C., Boecken, G., & Ständiger Ausschuss Reisemedizin (StAR) der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Tropenmedizin und Globale Gesundheit (DTG) (2020). Reiseimpfungen [Travel vaccinations]. Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz63(1), 74–84. DOI: 10.1007/s00103-019-03064-z