The Viral Hepatitis Prevention Board (VHPB) supports the continued recommendation for universal hepatitis B vaccination of all newborns within 24 hours of birth

Pierre Van Damme; Greet Hendrickx; Sakshi Jindal; Sara Valckx; Alex Vorsters; Silvia Bino; Paolo Bonanni; Maria Buti; Stéphane Chevaliez; Sandra Dudareva; Angela Domínguez; Ivana Dragojević; Sharon Hutchinson; Wolfgang Jilg; Mark Kane; Mira Kojouharova; Daniel Lavanchy; David FitzSimons; Sema Mandal; Rui Tato Marinho; Mojca Matičič; Vana Papaevangelou; Tatjana Reić; Françoise Roudot-Thoraval; Daniel Shouval; Thomas Vanwolleghem; John W Ward

doi:10.1080/21645515.2025.2600657

The Viral Hepatitis Prevention Board (VHPB) supports the continued recommendation for universal hepatitis B vaccination of all newborns within 24 hours of birth

Pierre Van Damme (Corresponding Author)
, Greet Hendrickx
, Sakshi Jindal
, Sara Valckx
, Alex Vorsters
, Silvia Bino
, Paolo Bonanni
, Maria Buti
, Stéphane Chevaliez
, Sandra Dudareva
, Angela Domínguez
, Ivana Dragojević
, Sharon Hutchinson
, Wolfgang Jilg
, Mark Kane
, Mira Kojouharova
, Daniel Lavanchy
, David FitzSimons
, Sema Mandal
, Rui Tato Marinho

Mojca Matičič, Vana Papaevangelou, Tatjana Reić, Françoise Roudot-Thoraval, Daniel Shouval, Thomas Vanwolleghem, John W Ward

Rīga Stradiņš University

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Original language	English
Article number	2600657
Journal	Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
Volume	21
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2025.2600657
Publication status	Published - Dec 2025

Keywords*

Viral hepatitis
Hepatitis B
vaccination
Birth dose
prevention

Field of Science*

3.3 Health sciences

Publication Type*

1.1. Scientific article indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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Van Damme, P., Hendrickx, G., Jindal, S., Valckx, S., Vorsters, A., Bino, S., Bonanni, P., Buti, M., Chevaliez, S., Dudareva, S., Domínguez, A., Dragojević, I., Hutchinson, S., Jilg, W., Kane, M., Kojouharova, M., Lavanchy, D., FitzSimons, D., Mandal, S., ... Ward, J. W. (2025). The Viral Hepatitis Prevention Board (VHPB) supports the continued recommendation for universal hepatitis B vaccination of all newborns within 24 hours of birth. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 21(1), Article 2600657. https://doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2025.2600657

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Van Damme, P, Hendrickx, G, Jindal, S, Valckx, S, Vorsters, A, Bino, S, Bonanni, P, Buti, M, Chevaliez, S, Dudareva, S, Domínguez, A, Dragojević, I, Hutchinson, S, Jilg, W, Kane, M, Kojouharova, M, Lavanchy, D, FitzSimons, D, Mandal, S, Marinho, RT, Matičič, M, Papaevangelou, V, Reić, T, Roudot-Thoraval, F, Shouval, D, Vanwolleghem, T & Ward, JW 2025, 'The Viral Hepatitis Prevention Board (VHPB) supports the continued recommendation for universal hepatitis B vaccination of all newborns within 24 hours of birth', Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, vol. 21, no. 1, 2600657. https://doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2025.2600657

The Viral Hepatitis Prevention Board (VHPB) supports the continued recommendation for universal hepatitis B vaccination of all newborns within 24 hours of birth. / Van Damme, Pierre (Corresponding Author); Hendrickx, Greet; Jindal, Sakshi et al.
In: Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, Vol. 21, No. 1, 2600657, 12.2025.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › Research

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