Second ECHO Meeting | Saving Africa's Future Generations Against Hepatitis B Virus Infection: The Hepatitis B Birth Dose Vaccine

March 29 2022

09:00 AM

HepB Birth Dose Introduction in African Region

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This second ECHO session will focus on healthcare workers' role in hepatitis B birth dose implementation and experiences from Burkina Faso and Nigeria

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Program

4:00-4:05pm

Welcome & introductions Dr. Hailemichael Desalegn, St. Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College

4:05-4:10pm

HCW knowledge on hepatitis B birth dose in Africa

Brief case presentation
Poll questions to assess HCW knowledge on HepB-BD vaccine in Africa

Dr. Henry Njuguna, Coalition for Global Hepatitis Elimination (CGHE)

4:10-4:40pm

Country experiences implementing the birth dose vaccine:

Nigeria, Dr. Uchechukwu Joel Okenwa, Enugu State Ministry of Health
Burkina Faso, Dr. Alice Nanelin Guingane, Hospitalier Universitaire de Bogodogo and Joseph Ki-Zerbo University

4:40-4:55pm

Discussions, question and answers

Dr. Henry Njuguna and Dr. John W. Ward, CGHE

4:55-5:00pm

Wrap-up and closing

Dr. Hailemichael Desalegn

Email Henry Njguna at hnjuguna [at] taskforce.org with any questions or concerns.

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