Murcia.Region of Murcia to be assessed together with three other autonomous regions Hepatitis B Screening Program During Pregnancy According to local government sources, and the early management of newborns.
This study not only evaluated hepatitis B screening in pregnancy, but also A newborn son of a mother with hepatitis B followed the course of action correctly, Since birth, they must be vaccinated within the first few hours of life with specific immune globulin injections to prevent mother-to-child transmission of the infection.
Pregnancy screening for hepatitis B has been available in the district since 1994 and has been included in the Integrated Program of Care for Women (PIAM) since 2012.
The majority of the pregnant population is covered by SMS pregnancy monitoring programs At any time during their adherent pregnancy, such screening is performed and appropriate measures are taken to avoid vertical transmission.
According to data recorded by the Vaccine Service, the region’s public maternity hospitals have a 100% compliance rate for the action, as all babies born to carrier mothers in 2021 and 2022 were previously vaccinated against gamma globulin and hepatitis B. leave the hospital.
According to the World Health Organization, as part of the strategy to eliminate hepatitis B, Countries urged to deepen evaluation of hepatitis B screening programs in pregnancyoy manage their children early.
The Ministry of Health will initiate this screening assessment at the national level and select The community carried out a study together with Madrid, Valencia and Catalonia. In this study, vaccination data from the Regional Vaccination Registry have been included, as well as data from the perinatal clinical history of the Murcia region, which was awarded the National Health System Good Practice Award in 2020.
Hepatitis B
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that more than 2 billion people worldwide are infected with the hepatitis B virus, of whom 240 million are chronically infected.
World Hepatitis Day is celebrated this Friday to strengthen the international fight against the disease and raise public awareness.
Hepatitis B is a vaccine-preventable disease. The vaccine was introduced in adolescents in the 1990s, and the age at which vaccinations began was lowered to one year of age in 1999.
At present, the coverage rate of hepatitis B vaccination in my country exceeds 95%, and the vaccination rate of children exceeds 95%. Most adults under the age of 40 have been vaccinated against hepatitis B vaccine, and the incidence rate has dropped significantly. Spain is currently a country with low hepatitis B prevalence. The area has slightly higher coverage.
However, the severity and chronicity of the disease are inversely proportional to the age at onset. In fact, the probability of chronic HBV infection in neonates infected with mother-to-child transmission during delivery is 90%. Therefore, elimination of mother-to-child transmission of this HBV infection is considered a milestone on the road to elimination of the virus.