Barriers and facilitators to hepatitis B birth dose vaccination: Perspectives from healthcare providers and pregnant women accessing antenatal care in Nigeria

• Main Authors: Catherine Freeland (Author), Florence Kanu (Author), Yahaya Mohammed (Author), Ugochukwu Uzoechina Nwokoro (Author), Hardeep Sandhu (Author), Hadley Ikwe (Author), Belinda Uba (Author), Adeyelu Asekun (Author), Charles Akataobi (Author), Adefisoye Adewole (Author), Rhoda Fadahunsi (Author), Margeret Wisdom (Author), Okeke Lilian Akudo (Author), Gideon Ugbenyo (Author), Edwin Simple (Author), Ndadilnasiya Waziri (Author), James Jacob Vasumu (Author), Abubakar Umar Bahuli (Author), Suleiman Saidu Bashir (Author), Abdullahi Isa (Author), George Onyemachi Ugwu (Author), Emmanuel Ikechukwu Obi (Author), Haj Binta (Author), Bassey Okposen Bassey (Author), Faisal Shuaib (Author), Omotayo Bolu (Author), Rania A. Tohme (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Nigeria is estimated to have the largest number of children worldwide, living with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, the leading cause of liver cancer. Up to 90% of children infected at birth develop chronic HBV infection. A birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine (HepB-BD) followed by at lea...