Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B virus: guidelines on antiviral prophylaxis in pregnancy - policy brief
27 July 2020
| Policy brief
Overview
WHO estimates that in 2015, 257 million people were living with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection worldwide, and that 900 000 died from HBV infection, mostly through the development of cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Worldwide, the majority of persons with chronic hepatitis B infection and associated deaths in adulthood acquired their infection at birth through mother-to-child perinatal transmission or in early childhood.
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WHO Team
Global HIV, Hepatitis and Sexually Transmitted Infections Programmes
Editors
World Health Organization
Number of pages
12
Reference numbers
ISBN: 978-92-4-000860-1
Copyright
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO