Toward the elimination of hepatitis B: networking to promote the prevention of vertical transmission of hepatitis B virus through population-based interventions and multidisciplinary groups in Africa

• Main Authors: Judith Ndongo Embola Torimiro (Author), Kerina Duri (Author), Nadège M. Goumkwa (Author), Solange M. Atah (Author), Juliette-Laure Ndzie Ondigui (Author), Cindy Lobe (Author), Marielle Bouyou (Author), Bénédicte Ndeboko (Author), Ali Mahamat Moussa (Author), Camengo Police (Author), Patrick Awoumou (Author), Puinta Peyonga (Author), Prisca V. Djivida (Author), Assah Felix (Author), Godwin W. Nchinda (Author), Brigitte Wandji (Author), Rachel K. Simo (Author), Sylvie Agnès Moudourou (Author), Ana Gutierrez (Author), Rosi Garcia (Author), Isabelle Fernandez (Author), Evelyn Mah (Author), Sarah Rowland-Jones (Author), Robinson Mbu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2024-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The WHO African Region had 81 million people with chronic hepatitis B in 2019, which remains a silent killer. Hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis delta virus (HDV), and HIV can be transmitted from the mother to child. If the HBV infection is acquired at infancy, it may lead to chronic hepatitis B in...