World Hepatitis Day: Expert explains major routes of transmission

According to him, mother-to-child transmission remains one of the major routes of infection in Ghana, making antenatal screening and treatment during pregnancy critical in reducing the spread of the disease.

A medical illustration showing Hepatitis B infection From mother-to-child transmission to sexual contact, tattoos and the sharing of sharp instruments, Dr Philip Nyinaku, Senior Public Health Physician Specialist at the 37 Military Hospital, has shed light on some common ways hepatitis B can be transmitted.

He noted that while hepatitis A and E are mainly spread through contaminated food and water, hepatitis B, C and D are transmitted through body fluids and blood products.