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NISH (NITAG Support Hub) 10: Hepatitis B Birth Dose Vaccines: Other significant scientific publications

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

Scientific papers from around the world

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Biondi, M. J., van Gennip, J., & Feld, J. J. (2025). Striving for universal birth dose hepatitis B vaccination in Canada: data from Ontario make a compelling case. Paediatrics & Child Health, 30(5), 359–363. https://doi.org/10.1093/pch/pxaf024

Krüger, V. M., da Silva, A. L., & Goldani, L. Z. (2025). Low levels of vaccine coverage and immunity against hepatitis B virus in children with hematological malignancies in Brazil. The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases29(5), 104575. https://doi-org.ezproxy.uct.ac.za/10.1016/j.bjid.2025.104575

Allison, R. D., Patel, M. K., & Tohme, R. A. (2017). Hepatitis B vaccine birth dose coverage correlates worldwide with rates of institutional deliveries and skilled attendance at birthVaccine35(33), 4094-4098. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.06.051

Bascom, S., Miller, S., & Greenblatt, J. (2005). Assessment of perinatal hepatitis B and rubella prevention in New Hampshire delivery hospitals. Pediatrics115(5), e594-599. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2004-2057

Belle Jarvis, S., Fenton-Lee, T., & Small, S. (2023). Introduction of the Hepatitis B Vaccine—Birth Dose: Methods of Improving Rates in a Milieu of Vaccine Hesitancy. Vaccines12(1), 25. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines12010025

Bierhoff, M., Angkurawaranon, C., Rijken, M. J., Sriprawa, K., Kobphan, P., Nosten, F. N., van Vugt, M., McGready, R., & Devine, A. (2021). Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate in pregnancy for prevention of mother to child transmission of hepatitis B in a rural setting on the Thailand-Myanmar border: A  cost-effectiveness analysis. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth21(1), 157. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-021-03612-z

Bierhoff, M., Pinyopornpanish, K., Pinyopornpanish, K., Tongprasert, F., Keereevijit, A., Rijken, M., Chu, C. S., Nosten, F., Perfetto, J., van Vugt, M., Mcgready, R., & Angkurawaranon, C. (2019). Retrospective Review of Documentation Practices of Hepatitis B Immunoglobulin, Birth Dose, and Vaccination at the Hospital of Birth, in Thai Nationals and  Migrants in Northern Thailand. Open Forum Infectious Diseases6(12), ofz518. https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz518

Borchardt, S. M., Kocharian, A., Hopfensperger, D., & Davis, J. P. (2016). Prevention of Perinatal Transmission of Hepatitis B Virus: Assessment Among Wisconsin Maternity Hospitals. WMJ : Official Publication of the State Medical Society of Wisconsin115(2), 74–79; quiz 80.

Boucheron, P., Lu, Y., Yoshida, K., Zhao, T., Funk, A. L., Lunel-Fabiani, F., Guingané, A., Tuaillon, E., van Holten, J., Chou, R., Bulterys, M., & Shimakawa, Y. (2021). Accuracy of HBeAg to identify pregnant women at risk of transmitting hepatitis B virus to their neonates: A systematic review and meta-analysis. The Lancet. Infectious Diseases21(1), 85–96. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30593-4

Bradshaw, C., DiFrisco, E., Schweizer, W., Pavsic, J., Demarco, K., Weckesser, J., ... & Rosenberg, R. E. (2020). Improving birth dose hepatitis B vaccination rates: a quality improvement intervention. Hospital pediatrics10(5), 430-437. https://doi.org/10.1542/hpeds.2019-0294

Chang, M.-H., Fischler, B., Blauvelt, B., Ciocca, M., Dhawan, A., Ekong, U., Ni, Y.-H., Porta, G., Sibal, A., DAgostino, D., Wirth, S., Morhan, N., & Schwarz, K. B. (2019). Survey of Impediments to Prevention of Mother-to-infant Transmission of Hepatitis B Virus by International Societies. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition69(6), 648–654. https://doi.org/10.1097/MPG.0000000000002483

Committee on Infectious Diseases. (2017). Elimination of perinatal hepatitis B: providing the first vaccine dose within 24 hours of birthPediatrics140(3). https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2017-1870

Cooper, A., Yusuf, H., Rodewald, L., Malik, T., Pollard, R., & Pickering, L. (2001). Attitudes, practices, and preferences of pediatricians regarding initiation of hepatitis B immunization at birthPediatrics108(6), E98. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.108.6.e98

de Villiers, M. J., Gamkrelidze, I., Hallett, T. B., Nayagam, S., Razavi, H., & Razavi-Shearer, D. (2020). Modelling hepatitis B virus infection and impact of timely birth dose vaccine: a comparison of two simulation models. PLoS One15(8), e0237525. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237525

de Villiers, M. J., Nayagam, S., & Hallett, T. B. (2021). The impact of the timely birth dose vaccine on the global elimination of hepatitis B. Nature communications12(1), 6223. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26475-6

Ding, Z., Kang, W., Lu, L., Shen, L., Zhao, Z., Huang, G., Xiong, Q., Li, K., & Kong, Y. (2014). [Evaluation on the efficacy of prevention programs and relevant factors targeting mother-to-infant transmission on hepatitis B virus in Yunnan province]. Zhonghua liu xing bing xue za zhi = Zhonghua liuxingbingxue zazhi35(2), 114–116.

Dionne-Odom, J., Cozzi, G. D., Franco, R. A., Njei, B., & Tita, A. T. N. (2022). Treatment and prevention of viral hepatitis in pregnancy. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology226(3), 335–346. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2021.09.002

Franco, E., Bagnato, B., Marino, M. G., Meleleo, C., Serino, L., & Zaratti, L. (2012). Hepatitis B: Epidemiology and prevention in developing countries. World journal of hepatology4(3), 74. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v4.i3.74

Global prevalence, cascade of care, and prophylaxis coverage of hepatitis B in 2022: A modelling study. (2023). The Lancet. Gastroenterology & Hepatology8(10), 879–907. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-1253(23)00197-8

Global prevalence, treatment, and prevention of hepatitis B virus infection in 2016: A modelling study. (2018). The Lancet. Gastroenterology & Hepatology3(6), 383–403. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-1253(18)30056-6

Hahné, S., van den Hoek, A., Baayen, D., van der Sande, M., de Melker, H., & Boot, H. (2012). Prevention of perinatal hepatitis B virus transmission in the Netherlands, 2003-2007: Children of Chinese mothers are at increased risk of breakthrough  infection. Vaccine30(9), 1715–1720. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.12.071

Hang Pham, T. T., Le, T. X., Nguyen, D. T., Luu, C. M., Truong, B. D., Tran, P. D., Toy, M., & So, S. (2019). Knowledge, attitudes and practices of hepatitis B prevention and immunization of pregnant women and mothers in northern Vietnam. PloS One14(4), e0208154. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208154

Hawkins, S. S. (2024). Long-term Implications and Barriers to Use of the Hepatitis B Vaccine at BirthJournal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing : JOGNN53(6), 594–606. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jogn.2024.09.008

Hipgrave, D. B., Maynard, J. E., & Biggs, B. A. (2006). Improving birth dose coverage of hepatitis B vaccine. Bulletin of the World Health Organization84(1), 65-71. https://www.scielosp.org/pdf/bwho/v84n1/v84n1a16.pdf

Hu, Y., Zhang, S., Luo, C., Liu, Q., & Zhou, Y.-H. (2012). Gaps in the prevention of perinatal transmission of hepatitis B virus between recommendations and routine practices in a highly endemic region: A provincial  population-based study in China. BMC Infectious Diseases12, 221. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-12-221

Hutin, Y., Hennessey, K., Cairns, L., Zhang, Y., Li, H., Zhao, L., ... & Hadler, S. (2013). Improving hepatitis B vaccine timely birth dose coverage: lessons from five demonstration projects in China, 2005–2009. Vaccine31, J49-J55.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.03.025

Implementation of newborn hepatitis B vaccination—Worldwide, 2006. (2008). MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report57(46), 1249–1252.

Jin, Y., Geng, N., Zhao, L., Li, Y., Zheng, L., Zhu, W., Sheng, Q., An, Z., Wang, J., Dou, X., & Bai, H. (2020). The Prevalence of HBV Infection: A Retrospective Study of 13 Years in a Public Hospital of Northeast China. Viral Immunology33(2), 99–104. https://doi.org/10.1089/vim.2019.0104

Jourdain, G., Ngo-Giang-Huong, N., & Khamduang, W. (2019). Current progress in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B and resulting clinical and programmatic implications. Infection and Drug Resistance12, 977–987. https://doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S171695

Juon, H.-S., Sheler, D. T., Pan, J., Le, D., & Yang, Y. T. (2022). Racial Disparities in Hepatitis B Birth Dose in the Washington Metropolitan Region, 2018-2020. Vaccines10(7). https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10071121

Khue, P. M., Thuy Linh, N. T., Vinh, V. H., Dung, L. V., & Nguyen Van, B. (2020). Hepatitis B Infection and Mother-to-Child Transmission in Haiphong, Vietnam: A Cohort Study with Implications for Interventions. BioMed Research International2020, 4747965. https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/4747965

Ko, S. C., Schillie, S. F., Walker, T., Veselsky, S. L., Nelson, N. P., Lazaroff, J., Crowley, S., Dusek, C., Loggins, K., Onye, K., Fenlon, N., & Murphy, T. V. (2014). Hepatitis B vaccine response among infants born to hepatitis B surface antigen-positive women. Vaccine32(18), 2127–2133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.01.099

Li, X., Dumolard, L., Patel, M., Gacic-Dobo, M., & Hennessey, K. (2018). Implementation of hepatitis B birth dose vaccination--worldwide, 2016/Mise en oeuvre de la vaccination contre l'hepatite B par une dose a la naissance a l'echelle mondiale, 2016. Weekly Epidemiological Record93(7), 61-73. 

Libbus, M. K., & Phillips, L. M. (2009). Public health management of perinatal hepatitis B virus. Public Health Nursing (Boston, Mass.)26(4), 353–361. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-1446.2009.00790.x

Luo, Y.-L., Gao, S., Zhang, Q.-F., Liu, X., Lv, D.-Y., Chen, J.-H., & Wang, W. (2024). Eliminating mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B virus: Practice and progress in Baoan, a national pilot district of China. BMC Public Health24(1), 58. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-17500-y

Maiorella, R., & Rodriguez, V. A. (2021). Hepatitis B Vaccine Refusal in the Newborn Period. Pediatric Annals50(8), e343–e347. https://doi.org/10.3928/19382359-20210712-01

Massey, J., Nair, A., Dietz, S., Snaman, D., & Bixler, D. (2018). Hospital, Maternal and Birth Factors Associated With Hepatitis B Vaccination at Birth: West Virginia, 2015. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal37(7), 691–696. https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000001953

Matthews, P. C., Ocama, P., Wang, S., El-Sayed, M., Turkova, A., Ford, D., Torimiro, J., Garcia Ferreira, A. C., Espinosa Miranda, A., De La Hoz Restrepo, F. P., Seremba, E., Mbu, R., Pan, C. Q., Razavi, H., Dusheiko, G., Spearman, C. W., & Hamid, S. (2023). Enhancing interventions for prevention of mother-to-child- transmission of hepatitis B virus. JHEP Reports : Innovation in Hepatology5(8), 100777. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhepr.2023.100777

Nayagam, S., Thursz, M., Sicuri, E., Conteh, L., Wiktor, S., Low-Beer, D., & Hallett, T. B. (2016). Requirements for global elimination of hepatitis B: a modelling study. The Lancet. Infectious Diseases16(12), 1399–1408. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(16)30204-3

Nemerofsky, S. L., Akingboye, B., Ferguson, C., & Africa, D. (2018). Sustained improvement in administration of the hepatitis B vaccine birth dose: a quality improvement initiative. American journal of medical quality33(3), 313-320. https://doi.org/10.1177/1062860617732635

Noubiap, J. J., & Ndoula, S. T. (2022). Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B: birth-dose vaccination is not enough. The Lancet Global Health10(4), e455-e456. https://www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S2214-109X%2822%2900046-8

O’Mahony, E., Raghunanan, S., Brown, A., & Foster, C. (2024). Prevention of vertical transmission of hepatitis B: A retrospective review of a 5-year maternal-infant cohort in London. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health60(9), 422–427. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpc.16609

Oram, R. J., Daum, R. S., Seal, J. B., & Lauderdale, D. S. (2001). Impact of recommendations to suspend the birth dose of hepatitis B virus vaccine. JAMA285(14), 1874–1879. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.285.14.1874

Organization, W. H. (2019). Hepatitis B vaccines: WHO position paper, July 2017—Recommendations. Vaccine37(2), 223–225. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.07.046

Parija, P. P. (2020). Hepatitis B vaccine birth dose in India: time to reconsider. Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics16(1), 158-160. https://doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2019.1640557

Patel, M. K., Capeding, R. Z., Ducusin, J. U., de Quiroz Castro, M., Garcia, L. C., & Hennessey, K. (2014). Findings from a hepatitis B birth dose assessment in health facilities in the Philippines: Opportunities to engage the private sector. Vaccine32(39), 5140–5144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.11.097

Pattyn, J., Hendrickx, G., Vorsters, A., & Van Damme, P. (2021). Hepatitis B vaccines. The Journal of infectious diseases224(Supplement_4), S343-S351. https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiaa668

Pinon, M., Giugliano, L., Nicastro, E., Kakaa, O., Coscia, A., Carbonara, C., ... & Calvo, P. L. (2021). Timely birth dose vaccine to prevent vertical transmission of hepatitis B: a single center experience on the road to the WHO elimination goals in Italy. Vaccines9(7), 801. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9070801

Progress in hepatitis B prevention through universal infant vaccination—China, 1997-2006. (2007). MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report56(18), 441–445.

Qiao, Y.-P., Su, M., Song, Y., Wang, X.-Y., Li, Z., Li, Y.-L., Dou, L.-X., Wang, Q., Hann, K., Zhang, G.-M., Huang, X.-N., Yang, Y.-N., Jin, X., & Wang, A.-L. (2019). Outcomes of the national programme on prevention of mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B virus in China, 2016-2017. Infectious Diseases of Poverty8(1), 65. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40249-019-0576-y

Sarathy, L., Cirillo, C., Dehn, C., Lerou, P. H., & Prendergast, M. (2021). Improving timeliness of hepatitis B vaccine birth dose administration. Hospital pediatrics11(5), 446-453. https://doi.org/10.1542/hpeds.2020-002766

Sarin, S. K., Kumar, M., Eslam, M., George, J., Al Mahtab, M., Akbar, S. M. F., Jia, J., Tian, Q., Aggarwal, R., Muljono, D. H., Omata, M., Ooka, Y., Han, K.-H., Lee, H. W., Jafri, W., Butt, A. S., Chong, C. H., Lim, S. G., Pwu, R.-F., & Chen, D.-S. (2020). Liver diseases in the Asia-Pacific region: A Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology Commission. The Lancet. Gastroenterology & Hepatology5(2), 167–228. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-1253(19)30342-5

Sayre, W., & Thompson, P. (2021). Prevention of Vertical Transmission of Hepatitis B Within a North Carolina Hospital System. Clinical Therapeutics43(10), 1786–1791. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinthera.2021.08.012

Scheifele, D. W. (2019). Will Infant Hepatitis B Immunization Protect Adults? The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal38(6S Suppl 1), S64–S66. https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000002326

Seaman, C. P., Morgan, C., Howell, J., Xiao, Y., Spearman, C. W., Sonderup, M., Lesi, O., Andersson, M. I., Hellard, M. E., & Scott, N. (2020). Use of controlled temperature chain and compact prefilled auto-disable devices to reach 2030 hepatitis B birth dose vaccination targets in LMICs: A modelling and  cost-optimisation study. The Lancet. Global Health8(7), e931–e941. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30231-X

Shan, S., Cui, F., & Jia, J. (2018). How to control highly endemic hepatitis B in Asia. Liver International : Official Journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver38 Suppl 1, 122–125. https://doi.org/10.1111/liv.13625

Sobel, H. L., Mantaring III, J. B., Cuevas, F., Ducusin, J. V., Thorley, M., Hennessey, K. A., & Nyunt-U, S. (2011). Implementing a national policy for hepatitis B birth dose vaccination in Philippines: lessons for improved delivery. Vaccine29(5), 941-. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.11.047

Tang, J., Luo, Y.-Q., & Zhou, Y.-H. (2021). Elimination of hepatitis B virus infection in children: Experience and challenge in China. Chinese Medical Journal134(23), 2818–2824. https://doi.org/10.1097/CM9.0000000000001791

Tshering, N., Dhakal, G. P., Wangchuk, U., Wangdi, S., Khandu, L., Pelden, S., Nogareda, F., Patel, M. K., Hutin, Y. J. F., Wannemuehler, K., Rewari, B. B., & Wangchuk, S. (2020). Prevalence of HBV and HCV infections, Bhutan, 2017: Progress and next steps. BMC Infectious Diseases20(1), 485. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-020-05176-3

Veronese, P., Dodi, I., Esposito, S., & Indolfi, G. (2021). Prevention of vertical transmission of hepatitis B virus infection. World journal of gastroenterology27(26), 4182. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v27.i26.4182

Wang, F. Z., Zheng, H., Zhang, G. M., Miao, N., Sun, X. J., & Cui, F. Q. (2017). [Sero-epidemiological analysis on hepatitis B among children aged 1-14 years old born to HBsAg positive mother in China, 2014]. Zhonghua liu xing bing xue za zhi = Zhonghua liuxingbingxue zazhi38(4), 457–461. https://doi.org/10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-6450.2017.04.009

Wang, F., Zheng, H., Zhang, G., Ding, Z., Li, F., Zhong, G., Chen, Y., Jia, Y., Miao, N., Wu, Z., Sun, X., Li, L., Liang, X., & Cui, F. (2015). Effectiveness of prevention of mother-to-child transmission practice in three provinces of Southern China. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics11(8), 2061–2067. https://doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2015.1023972

Wilson, P., Taylor, G., Knowles, J., Blyth, E., Laux, J., Lohr, J., & Jhaveri, R. (2019). Missed hepatitis B birth dose vaccine is a risk factor for incomplete vaccination at 18 and 24 months. Journal of Infection78(2), 134-139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2018.09.014

Yonghao, G., Pumei, D., Jianhui, Y., Jin, X., Yanyang, Z., & Zhe, W. (2017). A retrospective study of hepatitis B mother-to-child transmission prevention and postvaccination serological test results of infants at risk of perinatal  transmission in two counties of middle China. Journal of Viral Hepatitis24(8), 687–695. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvh.12694

Zhang, L., Ko, S., Lv, J., Ji, F., Yan, B., Xu, F., & Xu, A. (2014). Perinatal hepatitis B prevention program in Shandong Province, China. Evaluation and progress. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics10(9), 2755–2760. https://doi.org/10.4161/hv.29648

Zhao, H., Zhou, X., & Zhou, Y. H. (2020). Hepatitis B vaccine development and implementation. Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics16(7), 1533-1544. https://doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2020.1732166

Zhao, Z., Murphy, T. V., & Jacques-Carroll, L. (2011). Progress in newborn hepatitis B vaccination by birth year cohorts-1998-2007, USA. Vaccine30(1), 14–20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.10.076

Scientific papers from Africa

Accrombessi, M., Adetola, C. V., Bacharou, S., Dossou, Y., Avokpaho, E., Yakoubou, A., Koumakpai-Adeothy, S., Lozes, E., & Issifou, S. (2020). Assessment of the anti-HBs antibody response in Beninese infants following 4 doses of HBV vaccine, including administration at birth, compared to the standard  3 doses regime; a cross-sectional survey. Vaccine38(7), 1787–1793. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.12.031

Adjei, C. A., Nachinab, G. T.-E., Atibila, F., Ansah-Nyarko, M., Kyei, J. M., & Fosu, P. K. (2022). Determinants and preventive practices of midwives and physicians toward vertical transmission of hepatitis B in Ghana: A cross-sectional survey. The Pan African Medical Journal43, 183. https://doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2022.43.183.31794

Adjei, C. A., Suglo, D., Ahenkorah, A. Y., MacDonald, S. E., & Richter, S. (2023). Barriers to Timely Administration of Hepatitis B Birth Dose Vaccine to Neonates of Mothers With Hepatitis B in Ghana: Midwives’ Perspectives. SAGE Open Nursing9, 23779608231177547. https://doi.org/10.1177/23779608231177547

Anderson, S., Harper, L. M., Dionne‐Odom, J., Halle‐Ekane, G., & Tita, A. T. (2018). A decision analytic model for prevention of hepatitis B virus infection in Sub‐Saharan Africa using birth‐dose vaccination. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics141(1), 126-132.  https://doi.org/10.1002/ijgo.12434

Boisson, A., Goel, V., Yotebieng, M., Parr, J. B., Fried, B., & Thompson, P. (2022). Implementation approaches for introducing and overcoming barriers to hepatitis B birth-dose vaccine in sub-Saharan Africa. Global Health: Science and Practice10(1).https://www.ghspjournal.org/content/ghsp/10/1/e2100277.full.pdf

Boisson, A., Morgan, C. E., Fried, B., Shea, C. M., Yotebieng, M., Ngimbi, P., ... & Thompson, P. (2022). Barriers and facilitators to timely birth-dose vaccines in Kinshasa Province, the DRC: a qualitative study. Journal of Global Health Reports6, e2022028. doi:10.29392/001c.35449

Boisson-Walsh, A., Fried, B., Shea, C. M., Ngimbi, P., Mbonze, N., Tabala, M., Kashamuka, M. M., Babakazo, P., Yotebieng, M., & Thompson, P. (2024). Using intervention mapping to develop an implementation strategy to improve timely uptake of streamlined birth-dose vaccines in the Democratic Republic of  the Congo. PLOS Global Public Health4(1), e0002641. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0002641

Chotun, N., Preiser, W., van Rensburg, C. J., Fernandez, P., Theron, G. B., Glebe, D., & Andersson, M. I. (2017). Point-of-care screening for hepatitis B virus infection in pregnant women at an antenatal clinic: A South African experience. PloS One12(7), e0181267. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0181267

Dionne-Odom, J., Westfall, A. O., Nzuobontane, D., Vinikoor, M. J., Halle-Ekane, G., Welty, T., & Tita, A. T. N. (2018). Predictors of Infant Hepatitis B Immunization in Cameroon: Data to Inform Implementation of a Hepatitis B Birth DoseThe Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal37(1), 103–107. https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000001728

El-Nasser, A. M., Tawfeik, A. M., Abushady, E. A. E., Mohammad, E. A., Elhady, M., Abdul-Mohymen, A. M., & Ali, S. E. I. (2024). Effectiveness of zero dose HBV vaccine on prevention of HBV breakthrough infection among vaccinated Egyptian children. The Egyptian Journal of Immunology31(4), 66–75.

Freeland, C., Kanu, F., Mohammed, Y., Nwokoro, U. U., Sandhu, H., Ikwe, H., Uba, B., Asekun, A., Akataobi, C., Adewole, A., Fadahunsi, R., Wisdom, M., Akudo, O. L., Ugbenyo, G., Simple, E., Waziri, N., Vasumu, J. J., Bahuli, A. U., Bashir, S. S., … Tohme, R. A. (2023). Barriers and facilitators to hepatitis B birth dose vaccination: Perspectives from healthcare providers and pregnant women accessing antenatal care in Nigeria. PLOS Global Public Health3(6), e0001332. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001332

Gueye, S. B., Diop-Ndiaye, H., Lo, G., Mintsa, S., Guindo, I., Dia, A., Sow-Sall, A., Gaye-Diallo, A., Mboup, S., & Touré-Kane, C. (2016). HBV carriage in children born from HIV-seropositive mothers in Senegal: The need of birth-dose HBV vaccination. Journal of Medical Virology88(5), 815–819. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmv.24409

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