Programa de atención y apoyo a familias con pacientes con hepatitis B y tratamiento de hemodiálisis en el cantón Portoviejo

Chinga, Cristhians Veintimilla; Centeno, Marcos

doi:10.37117/higia.v6i1.697

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“…The Infectious Diseases Unit informed the participant of the need to be vaccinated against HBV and recommended to request an appointment at their reference center to complete the vaccination. In our country, vaccination against HBV in adults is covered by the National and Regional Health System, free of charge, in those users at risk of immunosuppression, high risk of infection and dissemination, occupational risk or comorbidities with risk of chronic liver disease with a vaccination schedule of three doses, administered in month 0, 2, and 6 from the prescription ( 11 ).…”

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Comparison of hepatitis B and SARS-CoV2 vaccination rates in people who attended Drugs and Addiction Centres

Corona-Mata,

Rivero-Juárez,

Camacho

et al. 2024

Front. Public Health

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Background and aimsPersons with substance use disorder are at increased risk for hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. Although most of them are attached to social health centers, the vaccination rate in this group is low. In this context, we designed a study to evaluate the prevalence of users of drug addiction centers (DAC) not immunized against hepatitis B and to compare the rate of vaccination against hepatitis B with the rate of immunization against SARS-Cov-2 in 2 years of follow-up.DesignRetrospective study that included individuals attended at DAC. Patients were screened at baseline (June 2020–January 2021) for HBV immunization. Individuals with HBsAb < 10 IU/mL were recommended to receive hepatitis B vaccine, during follow-up (January 2021–October 2022). At the end of follow-up, the HBV vaccination rate among candidates was determined and compared with the vaccination rate against SARS-Cov-2 in this population in the same period.FindingsA total of 325 subjects were surveyed and tested. At baseline, the 65% (211/325) of were candidates to initiate vaccination and were advisor to HBV vaccination. During the follow-up 15 individuals received at least one dose of HBV vaccine, supposing a vaccination rate of 7.2%. In the same period, 186 individuals received at least one dose against SARS-Cov-2, representing a vaccination rate of 83%. The comparison between vaccination rates reached statistically significant (p < 0.001).ConclusionOur study manifests a low rate of immunization against HBV in DAC users, despite a high level of immunization for SARS-Cov-2 during the same period in the same population. Consequently, the lack of immunization against HVB in this population might be related with health policy issue more than to individuals linked to care and awareness. A similar approach for vaccination intended for SARS-CoV2 should be applied in high-risk population to warrant the success of immunization program against other preventable diseases such as HBV.

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