Testing for hepatitis in view of treatment: A universal health coverage service that can advance elimination of mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B virus

Indian J Med Res. 2020 Sep;152(3):172-176. doi: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_2823_20.

Authors

Yvan Hutin¹, B B Rewari², Meg Doherty³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Universal Health Coverage, Communicable Diseases, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean Region, Cairo, Egypt.
² World Health Organization Regional Office for the South-East Asia Region, New Delhi 110 002, India.
³ Department of the Global HIV, Hepatitis & STIs Programmes, World Health Organization Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland.

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Child
Female
Hepatitis B Surface Antigens
Hepatitis B Vaccines
Hepatitis B virus
Hepatitis B* / epidemiology
Humans
Infant
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / prevention & control
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious* / drug therapy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious* / epidemiology
Universal Health Insurance

Substances

Hepatitis B Surface Antigens
Hepatitis B Vaccines

Grants and funding

001/WHO_/World Health Organization/International