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Hepatitis B: How a new initiative is saving newborns from infection
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Mercy Kahenda
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A Kenyan mother shares her success story of preventing mother-to-child transmission of Hepatitis B through timely medical intervention and vaccination. The report highlights the effectiveness of the birth-dose vaccine and ongoing monitoring in protecting newborns from the virus.
Every day during her pregnancy, Salima Sitet asked medics the same question: "Will my baby be born free of hepatitis B?"
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