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Fig. 4.20 HBV vaccination of infants in the<br />

Gambia.<br />

in preventing chronic liver disease and<br />

hepatocellular carcinoma at the individual<br />

level. Taiwan, which has high HBV carriage<br />

rates and a high hepatocellular carcinoma<br />

incidence, was one of the first countries to<br />

introduce routine vaccination in 1984. A<br />

nationwide statistically significant reduction<br />

in childhood hepatocellular carcinoma<br />

has already been observed in Taiwan<br />

among the vaccinated cohort of children<br />

aged 6-14 compared to the cohort of chil-<br />

REFERENCES<br />

1. Edmunds WJ, Medley GF, Nokes DJ, Hall AJ, Whittle HC<br />

(1993) The influence of age on the development of the hepatitis<br />

B carrier state. Proc R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 253: 197-<br />

201.<br />

2. Hall AJ, Smith PG (1999) Prevention of hepatocellular<br />

<strong>cancer</strong>: one of the most cost-effective ways to reduce adult<br />

mortality? Br J Cancer, 81: 1097-1098.<br />

3. Coursaget P, Muñoz N (1999) Vaccination against<br />

infectious agents associated with human <strong>cancer</strong>. In:<br />

Newton R, Beral V, Weiss RA eds, Infection and Human<br />

Cancer, Vol. 33, New York, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory<br />

Press, 355-381.<br />

Fig. 4.21 Risk of becoming a chronic carrier of HBV based on age at infection. Risk is highest in very<br />

young children. [1]<br />

dren born before implementation of the<br />

vaccination programme [6].<br />

Over 80 countries have now integrated<br />

hepatitis B vaccine into their routine immunization<br />

programme, with varying levels of<br />

coverage (Fig. 4.16). Hepatitis B vaccine<br />

may now be available to around half the<br />

<strong>world</strong>’s children. However, children from<br />

countries with the highest risk of HBV<br />

infection are frequently the same countries<br />

with limited resources or infrastruc-<br />

4. Viviani S, Jack A, Hall AJ, Maine N, Mendy M,<br />

Montesano R, Whittle HC (1999) Hepatitis B vaccination in<br />

infancy in The Gambia: protection against carriage at 9<br />

years of age. Vaccine, 17: 2946-2950.<br />

5. Montesano R, Hainaut P, Wild CP (1997) Hepatocellular<br />

carcinoma: from gene to public health. J Natl Cancer Inst,<br />

89: 1844-1851.<br />

6. Chang MH, Chen CJ, Lai MS, Hsu HM, Wu TC, Kong<br />

MS, Liang DC, Shau WY, Chen DS (1997) Universal hepatitis<br />

B vaccination in Taiwan and the incidence of hepatocellular<br />

carcinoma in children. Taiwan Childhood Hepatoma<br />

Study Group. N Engl J Med, 336: 1855-1859.<br />

ture to provide the vaccination. Despite<br />

the decline in vaccine cost, limited health<br />

budgets in poorer countries make ability to<br />

purchase vaccine a primary obstacle to<br />

global immunization. WHO and other<br />

donor and non-profit agencies have<br />

focused on developing a vaccine support<br />

strategy to aid those needy countries with<br />

an adequate vaccination infrastructure to<br />

purchase and provide hepatitis B vaccine<br />

to the <strong>world</strong>’s children.<br />

WEBSITES<br />

WHO fact sheets on vaccination against HBV and HCV:<br />

http://www.who.int/health-topics/hepatitis.htm<br />

CDC National Center for Infectious Diseases:<br />

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hepatitis/b/<br />

index.htm<br />

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