Progress towards elimination of mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis  B virus infection in China: a modelling analysis

CONCLUSION: Our results highlight how high-quality national data can be combined with modelling in monitoring the elimination of MTCT of HBV. By demonstrating the impact of increased interventions on target achievement dates, we anticipate that other high-burden countries will be motivated to strengthen HBV prevention policies.PMID:33658732 | PMC:PMC7924890 | DOI:10.2471/BLT.19.248146

Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization - March 4, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Zheng Hui Shevanthi Nayagam Polin Chan Wang Fuzhen Mark Thursz Yin Zundong Miao Ning Sun Xiaojin Fuqiang Cui Zhang Guomin Timothy B Hallett Source Type: research