Despite knowing how to prevent vertical transmission (from mother to the baby) of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis-B infections, ...

This can happen through sexual contact, needle/drug use, or from mother to baby at birth.[1]#1 Babies born to mothers with the hepatitis B virus (HBV) are at a high risk of infection if they aren ...

This diagnostic tool could help eliminate hepatitis B by preventing mother-to-child transmission during childbirth, especially in low- and middle-income countries. Hepatitis B is a liver ...

This is articulated by the WHO Triple Elimination Strategy, which brings integrated care for the mother and child, ensuring that no child is infected with HIV, syphilis or hepatitis B," she added.

Hepatitis can damage your liver for years without symptoms. Learn how these viruses spread—and what truly protects your liver ...

West Bengal government aims to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis, and Hepatitis B by 2026.

UNAIDS estimates that prevention of mother-to-child transmission services have averted nearly 72,000 new HIV infections among children in the region since 2015. Yet in 2023, approximately 10,000 ...

A troubling trend has emerged in Tamale, where only 2% of mothers whose babies were exposed to Hepatitis B at birth are ...

However, it is important to note that it can also be passed mother to baby during childbirth. “Why are such young babies given vaccines such as Hepatitis B?” Zoho CEO Sridhar Vembu asked on X.

Scientists from the Institut Pasteur, in collaboration with Kumamoto University in Japan, have assessed a new rapid diagnostic test to identify pregnant women at elevated risk of transmitting ...

This is articulated by the WHO Triple Elimination Strategy, which brings integrated care for the mother and child, ensuring that no child is infected with HIV, syphilis or hepatitis B," she added.