Guidance
Hepatitis B vaccines: WHO position paper - July 2017
This document replaces the 2009 WHO position paper on hepatitis B vaccines. It provides updated information on hepatitis B vaccines and their storage, transport and deployment. The recommendations concern the target groups for vaccination and the appropriate schedules. In particular, the recommendations stress the importance of vaccination of all infants at birth as the most effective intervention for the prevention of hepatitis B virus-associated disease worldwide. Recommendations on the use of hepatitis B vaccine were discussed by SAGE in October 2016; evidence presented at that meeting can be accessed at: http://www.who.int/immunization/sage/meetings/2016/october/en/.
Authors
Languages
- Arabic
- Chinese
- English
- French
- Russian
- Spanish
Publication year
2017
Type
Guidance
Categories
- Service delivery
Diseases
- Hepatitis B
Organisations
- World Health Organization (WHO)
CTC_PUBLICATIONS
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| Title | Author | Year | Type | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample design and procedures for Hepatitis B immunization surveys: A companion to the WHO cluster survey reference manual | World Health Organization (WHO) | 2012 | Guidance | English |
| Documenting the impact of hepatitis B immunization: Best practices for conducting a serosurvey | World Health Organization (WHO) | 2011 | Guidance | English, French |
| Hepatitis B vaccines: WHO position paper - July 2017 | World Health Organization (WHO) | 2017 | Guidance | Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish |
| A guide for introducing and strengthening Hepatitis B birth dose vaccination | Morgan et al. | 2015 | Guidance | Arabic, English, French, Spanish |
| Practices to improve coverage of the hepatitis B birth dose vaccine | World Health Organization (WHO) | 2013 | Guidance | Arabic, English, French |
