Judith Ndongo Embola Torimiro, Kerina Duri, Nadège M Goumkwa, Solange M Atah, Juliette-Laure Ndzie Ondigui, Cindy Lobe, Marielle Bouyou, Bénédicte Ndeboko, Ali Mahamat Moussa, Camengo Police, Patrick Awoumou, Puinta Peyonga, Prisca V Djivida, Assah Felix, Godwin W Nchinda, Brigitte Wandji, Rachel K Simo, Sylvie Agnès Moudourou, Ana Gutierrez, Rosi Garcia, Isabelle Fernandez, Evelyn Mah, Sarah Rowland-Jones, Robinson Mbu
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 90% of the cases. WHO reports that 6.4 million children under 5 years live with chronic hepatitis B infection worldwide. The prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HBV is therefore critical in the global elimination strategy of viral hepatitis as we take lessons from PMTCT of HIV programs in Africa...
2024: Frontiers in Public Health