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NISH (NITAG Support Hub) 10: Hepatitis B Birth Dose Vaccines: Domain 5 : Health Equity

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

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Hepatitis B Birth Dose AND vaccines AND "health equity"

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Anyiwe, K., Erman, A., Hassan, M., Feld, J. J., Pullenayegum, E., Wong, W. W., & Sander, B. (2024). Characterising the effectiveness of social determinants of health-focused hepatitis B interventions: A systematic review. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 24(6), e366–e385. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(23)00590-X

Bendera, A., Nakamura, K., Tran, X. M. T., Kapologwe, N. A., Bendera, E., Mahamba, D., & Meshi, E. B. (2025). Persistent socioeconomic disparities in childhood vaccination coverage in Tanzania: Insights from multiple rounds of demographic and health surveys. Vaccine, 52, 126904. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2025.126904

Datta, M., Yasmin, S., & Biswas, R. (2024). Immunization Status, Immunization Coverage, and Factors Associated with Immunization Service Utilization Among HIV-Exposed and HIV-Infected Children in India. International Journal of Maternal and Child Health and AIDS, 13, e021. doi: 10.25259/IJMA_18_2024

Ekholuenetale, M., Ochagu, V. A., Ilesanmi, O. S., Badejo, O., & Arora, A. (2024). Childhood Vaccinations and Associated Factors in 35 Sub-Saharan African Countries: Secondary Analysis of Demographic and Health Surveys Data from 358 949 Under-5 Children. Global Pediatric Health, 11, 2333794X241310487. https://doi.org/10.1177/2333794X241310487

Freeland, C., Lo, W., Kabagambe, K., Wang, S., Adda, D., Graham, C. S., ... & Cohen, C. (2024). Urgent need for lived experience in hepatitis B guideline development. The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 9(4), 282-284. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-1253(23)00455-7

Gebremeskel, A. T. (2024). Community health transformation: Paths to a comprehensive and transformative community-based health system to enhance maternal, newborn, and child health equity and health system resilience in rural Ethiopia. Université d’Ottawa| University of Ottawa. https://ruor.uottawa.ca/items/a6a9f5e6-5d3f-47f7-8c48-071e6a7beab6

Lebbie, W., Allan-Blitz, L.-T., Nyama, E. T., Swaray, M., Lavalie, D., Mhango, M., Rodriguez, M. P., Gupta, N., & Bitwayiki, R. (2024). Barriers to longitudinal follow-up for hepatitis B treatment in rural Sierra Leone: A mixed methods study of retention in care. Clinical Liver Disease, 23(1), e0225. DOI: 10.1097/CLD.0000000000000225

  • Lubanga, A. F., Bwanali, A. N., Kangoma, M., Matola, Y., Moyo, C., Kaonga, B., Ssebibubbu, S., Makole, T. J., Kambili, F., & Chumbi, G. D. (2024). Addressing the re-emergence and resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases in Africa: A health equity perspective. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 20(1), 2375081. https://doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2024.2375081

Muhammad, M. H., Charanchi, A. S., Tafashiya, B. H., & Kurfi, U. K. (n.d.). Analysis on Prevalence of Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Katsina Local Government Area, Katsina State. Open here

Osborne, A., Bangura, C., Sesay, U., & Ahinkorah, B. O. (2025). Trends and inequalities in full immunisation coverage among one-year-olds in Sierra Leone, 2008–2019. BMC Pediatrics, 25(1), 320. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-025-05644-2

  • Williams, S. V., Akande, T., & Abbas, K. (2024). Systematic review of social determinants of childhood immunisation in low-and middle-income countries and equity impact analysis of childhood vaccination coverage in Nigeria. Plos one, 19(3), e0297326. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0297326

World Health Organization. (2024). Introducing a framework for implementing triple elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B virus: Policy brief. World Health Organization. Open here