From October this year, all newborns will be vaccinated against Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) at birth, the Programme Manager of the Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI), Dr Kwame Amponsah-Achiano, has stated.
According to him, the purpose of the administration of the vaccine was to help curb mother-to-child HBV transmission and would be administered within 24 hours.
Health development partners at the meeting Photo: Seth Osabukle Dr Amponsah-Achiano said this at a National Hepatitis B birth dose stakeholders forum held in Accra yesterday to provide stakeholders the opportunity to make valuable input into the implementation of Hepatitis B birth dose programme by the government.
The forum was co-hosted by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) and the Hepatitis Foundation of Ghana.
