Hepatitis B

This report outlines progress toward eliminating mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B virus (HBV) in the Americas from 2012 to 2022. It highlights improvements in vaccination coverage, including birth doses, but also notes coverage declines in some countries, which could hinder elimination goals. The report emphasizes the need for maintaining high vaccination rates, expanding hepatitis B testing for pregnant women, and ensuring timely treatment for newborns.

This webpage provides the Vaccine Information Statement (VIS) for the hepatitis B vaccine, detailing the vaccine's purpose, the diseases it prevents, the recommended vaccination schedule, potential side effects, and important information for healthcare providers. It serves as an essential resource for understanding the importance of hepatitis B vaccination.

This video highlights the rules about who to screen and vaccinate for hepatitis B and how they are now more clinician-friendly.

In this podcast episode, Anousha and Bright invited Dr. Robert Gish to speak about hepatitis B Reactivation, a serious health issue often overlooked in the discourse surrounding hepatitis B and liver cancer.

Almost 300 million people are living with hepatitis B, and they can live long lives if their hepatitis B is managed. This guide can help you understand important management steps.

This guideline discusses how DBS is a way of gathering a blood sample for hepatitis C testing. With DBS, the person being tested just needs to have a finger pricked, no locating veins or tubes of blood required. 

This infographic demonstrates how survey respondents explained how much they worry about the impact of their chronic hepatitis B on their health in the future, and how this impacts their peace of mind and anxiety levels.

This infographic demonstrates the importance of hepatitis B screening.

This infographic discusses the most important outcomes of future hepatitis B treatments.

This infographic demonstrates how survey respondents explained how much they worry about the possibility of infecting their loved ones, even during their daily activities, and why this shapes how they show and receive love, and eventually impacts their psychological wellbeing.