Progress Toward Hepatitis B Control - South-East Asia Region, 2016-2019.

This report describes the progress made toward hepatitis B control in SEAR during 2016-2019. By 2016, all 11 countries in the region had introduced HepB in their national immunization programs, and eight countries had introduced HepB-BD. During 2016-2019, regional HepB3 coverage increased from 89% to 91%, and HepB-BD coverage increased from 34% to 54%. In 2019, nine countries in the region achieved ≥90% HepB3 coverage, and three of the eight countries that provide HepB-BD achieved ≥90% HepB-BD coverage. By December 2019, four countries had been verified to have achieved the hepatitis B control goal. Countries in the region can make further progress toward hepatitis B control by using proven strategies to improve HepB-BD and HepB3 coverage rates. Conducting nationally representative hepatitis B serosurveys among children will be key to tracking and verifying the regional control targets.
PMID: 32730237 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Source: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkl... - July 30, 2020 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Sandhu HS, Roesel S, Sharifuzzaman M, Chunsuttiwat S, Tohme RA Tags: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep Source Type: research