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Hepatitis B Vaccines Provided to Masanga Hospital to Protect Newborns from Future Liver Disease

Today we donated 300 vials of hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccines to Masanga hospital. This will cater for 600 newborn babies born from HBV infected mothers. Provided there is no high risk for intrauterine/perinatal transmission, we hope that these 600 babies will be saved from suffering of chronic liver disease, liver cirrhosis and/or liver cancer in the future. We thank all those who donated to help us achieve this wonderful goal. We hope your generosity continues so that we could eliminate hepatitis B in Sierra Leone.