Hepatitis B virus is one that can be easily passed on from mother to child, putting the newborn at the risk of future liver cirrhosis or cancer. This is why testing for the virus in women is crucial at the time of pregnancy, so that preventive measures could be taken for the babies.
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WASHINGTON In this video, John Ward, MD, director of the Coalition for Global Hepatitis Elimination at the CDC Taskforce for Global Health, discusses successes and challenges in hepatitis elimination at The Liver Meeting.
Ward focused on curative therapies for HCV, which he says have fallen dramatically in price over the past several years and cure more than 90% of patients.
Dr Adwoa Agyei-Nkansah, Physician Consultant and Hepatologist at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH), has called on Ghanaians, particularly pregnant women to screen for hepatitis B (hep B) to know their status. She said babies born to a mother with hepatitis B had a 90 per cent chance of developing chronic hepatitis…