Controlling the burden of liver disease through integrating hepatitis A and B vaccination into the national immunization programs of the EAC partner states

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dc.contributor.authorEast African Community
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-17T08:06:56Z
dc.date.available2023-07-17T08:06:56Z
dc.date.issued2018-04
dc.descriptionEAC Policy Brief on Aflatoxin Prevention and Control
dc.description.abstractLiver cancer is a leading cause of deaths in the world. Chronic hepatitis B infection causes 80 percent of liver cancer cases in the EAC region. The combination of aflatoxin exposure with hepatitis infection especially among people, who are malnourished or living with HIV results in a double-disease burden that increases disease severity, reduces survivability and heightens liver cancer prevalence. The economic losses to residents of all EAC partner states associated with morbidity and mortality from aflatoxin-attributable liver cancer is of a high magnitude. There is an urgent need to prioritize the prevention of Hepatitis A and B infections by administration of immunizations for all age group in the EAC Partner States.
dc.description.sponsorshipUSAID, IITA, East African Community, Busitema University
dc.identifier.citationEast African Community. (2018). Controlling the burden of liver disease through integrating hepatitis A and B vaccination into the national immunization programs of the EAC partner states. Policy Brief No. 4, 2018. East African Community
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.60682/vsr0-3x52
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherEast African Community
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Brief; No. 4, 2018
dc.titleControlling the burden of liver disease through integrating hepatitis A and B vaccination into the national immunization programs of the EAC partner states
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