Health Facility Capacity and Health-care Worker Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Hepatitis B Vaccine Birth-dose and Maternal Tetanus-Diphtheria Vaccine Administration in Nigeria: A Baseline Assessment

• Published in: Annals of African medicine
• Main Authors: Uba, Belinda V, Mohammed, Yahaya, Nwokoro, Ugochukwu Uzoechina, Fadahunsi, Rhoda, Adewole, Adefisoye, Ugbenyo, Gideon, Simple, Edwin, Wisdom, Margeret Osas, Waziri, Ndadilnasiya E, Michael, Charles A, Okeke, Lilian Akudo, Kanu, Florence, Ikwe, Hadley, Sandhu, Hardeep S, Asekun, Adeyelu, Tohme, Rania A, Freeland, Catherine, Minta, Anna, Bashir, Sulaiman Saidu, Isa, Abdullahi, Vasumu, James J, Bahuli, Abubakar U, Ugwu, George O, Obi, Emmanuel I, Ismail, Binta Aduke, Okposen, Bassey Bassey, Bolu, Omotayo O, Shuaib, Faisal
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; French
• Published: India 23.10.2024

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and neonatal tetanus infections remain endemic in Nigeria despite the availability of safe, effective vaccines. We aimed to determine health facilities' capacity for hepatitis B vaccine birth dose (HepB-BD) and maternal tetanus-diphtheria (Td) vaccination and to assess k...