All the news Showing 10 of 53 articles from: Transmission and preventionGet an RSS feed of these articles Show All news infohep newsEditors' picks from other sources Simplified tenofovir regimen as effective as recommended preventive treatment in pregnant women with hepatitis B Keith Alcorn / 14 November 2022 A simplified regimen for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B was just as effective as the standard preventive regimen in pregnant women with very high virus levels and is likely ... Vaccine “Unaffordable” in Hepatitis B Endemic Liberia Front Page Africa / 09 March 2022 Immunoglobulin-free strategy highly effective for prevention of mother-to-child hepatitis B transmission in Cambodia Keith Alcorn / 22 February 2022 A hepatitis B immunuglobulin-free strategy for prevention of mother-to-child hepatitis B transmission is feasible and highly effective in a resource-limited setting if tenofovir is given for at least four weeks prior to delivery, ... Prioritise harm reduction services to prevent hepatitis C re-infection, Scottish study finds Keith Alcorn / 24 January 2022 Limiting re-infection with hepatitis C in people who use drugs is most likely to be achieved by intensifying provision of sterile injecting equipment for people using needle and syringe programmes and increasing ... High prevalence of viral hepatitis among healthcare workers in Africa Keith Alcorn / 21 June 2021 Almost 7% of healthcare workers in Africa have hepatitis B and 5% have hepatitis C, according to a systematic review of published studies. Greater efforts to vaccinate against hepatitis B and improve ... Reinfection after hepatitis C cure predicted by sexually transmitted infections Keith Alcorn / 07 April 2021 Screening for sexually transmitted infections in people co-infected with HIV and hepatitis C during or shortly after completing direct-acting antiviral treatment to cure hepatitis C may predict which patients are at higher risk ... Hepatitis C elimination in France feasible if new infections in gay and bisexual men decline Keith Alcorn / 27 January 2021 Hepatitis C is becoming more concentrated in gay and bisexual men with HIV in France as direct-acting antiviral treatment cures the infection in other people with HIV while hepatitis C transmission between ... Tenofovir alafenamide prevents mother-to-child hepatitis B virus transmission Liz Highleyman / 20 November 2020 Tenofovir alafenamide (TAF; Vemlidy) is highly effective at preventing transmission of hepatitis B virus (HBV) from mothers with a high viral load to their infants, according to a pair of studies presented ... New WHO guidance on preventing mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B Keith Alcorn / 28 July 2020 Pregnant women who test positive for hepatitis B infection and have a high level of hepatitis B virus (HBV) in the blood should receive preventive antiviral therapy with tenofovir from the 28th week ... The implications of COVID-19 for people who use drugs (PWUD) and drug service providers EMCDDA / 28 April 2020 ← First12345...6Next → Other pages in this section Latest news All the news Hepatitis A Hepatitis B Transmission and prevention Diagnosis and monitoring Disease course and symptoms Treatment HIV and HBV HCV and HBV Hepatitis delta Living with HBV Hepatitis C Hepatitis D Hepatitis E Coronavirus NAFLD Treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma Transmission, epidemiology and prevention Health services, policy and advocacy Social issues Conference news Email bulletin archive