Abstract
More than 17 million people in India are chronically infected with the hepatitis B virus (HBV). Approximately one million of the 26 million children born in India annually will develop chronic HBV infection in the course of their lives. Studies have put the HBsAg prevalence rate among pregnant women in India between 0.9 {%} and 3.1, indicating a considerable need for public health interventions aimed at protecting their offspring from infection. The PAHAL project in Mumbai, India, conducted an HBV knowledge survey among women of childbearing age in three local slum communities preparatory to planning a comprehensive HBV education intervention targeting this population.
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Jha, S., Devaliya, D., Bergson, S., & Desai, S. (2016). Hepatitis B knowledge among women of childbearing age in three slums in Mumbai: a cross-sectional survey. Hepatology, Medicine and Policy, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s41124-016-0007-7
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