TY - BOOK AU - Boa,Assemien AU - Douba,Alfred AU - N’guessan,Tah Bi AU - Menan,Hervé AU - Attia,Alain AU - Ouassa,Thimothée AU - Bénié,Joseph Bi Vroh AU - Abokon,Armand AU - Dosso,Mireille AU - Aholi,Paul AU - Timité-Konan,Marguerite AU - Abauleth,Raphaël Yao AU - Bissagnéné,Emmanuel AU - Aka,Joseph AU - Yavo,Jean Claude AU - Sylvain,Bonny Jean AU - Ouattara,Germaine Siguifota AU - Ekra,Kouadio Daniel AU - Sow,Kadidia AU - Kouassi,Jules N’guessan AU - Dally,Raphaël Kalet TI - A plea for introduction of hepatitis B vaccination at birth in Côte d’Ivoire PY - 2017///. N1 - 33 N2 - The Côte d’Ivoire National Immunization Technical Advisory Group 2015 work plan included elaboration of an opinion on inclusion of hepatitis B vaccination at birth in the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) in Côte d’Ivoire. A task force was set up to conduct this assessment according to a systematized method. The task force analysed scientific articles on the burden of hepatitis B in Côte d’Ivoire, the burden of mother-child transmission, the impact of hepatitis B vaccination at birth in countries which have adopted this strategy, the efficacy and safety of hepatitis B vaccine in newborns, the cost-effectiveness of hepatitis B vaccination at birth, and the best strategy to introduce hepatitis B vaccination at birth in the EPI. The National Immunization Technical Advisory Group of Côte d’Ivoire finally recommended introduction of a dose of hepatitis B vaccine at birth in the context of the Expanded Program on Immunization with maintenance of three doses of pentavalent vaccine (DPT-HepB-Hib) at 6, 10, and 14 weeks of age UR - https://shs.cairn.info/journal-sante-publique-2017-5-page-751?lang=en&redirect-ssocas=7080 ER -