Hepatitis B control by 2012 in the WHO Western Pacific Region: rationale and implications
In 2005, the WHO Western Pacific Region adopted the hepatitis B control goal of reducing the hepatitis B surface antigen seroprevalence in children at least 5 years of age to less than 2% by 2012. Universal infant immunization with three doses of hepatitis B vaccine, including a timely birth dose, i...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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The World Health Organization
2009-09-01
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| Series: | Bulletin of the World Health Organization |
| Online Access: | http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862009000900015&lng=en&tlng=en |