AFRO-NETS> Training Resources: Hepatitis B Vaccine

[Scott Wittet <info2@childrensvaccine.org>]

Training Resources: Hepatitis B Vaccine
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Countries receiving assistance from The Vaccine Fund are making spe-
cial efforts to strengthen their immunization programs and prepare 
for introduction of new vaccines and auto-disable syringes to in-
crease immunization safety. The Gates Children's Vaccine Program at 
PATH is pleased to offer links to the resources below, created by a 
variety of organizations. We hope that you will find them useful for 
developing your own training and health education materials. Many of 
the resources are Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) documents. You can download a 
free version of Acrobat Reader software from www.adobe.com.

This first training resource list focuses on issues related to intro-
duction of hepatitis B vaccine. Future lists will offer resources on 
other relevant topics, along with new hepatitis B resources as they 
become available.

Hepatitis B Training Resources

Hepatitis B pages from Gates Children's Vaccine Program Website Basic 
and in-depth information, plus a long list of resources.

www.ChildrensVaccine.org\html\v_hepb_qf.htm

Aide-Memoire: Hepatitis B Immunization (2000) World Health Organiza-
tion WHO policy and practices for hepatitis B immunization.

http://www.childrensvaccine.org/files/Hep-B-Aide-Memoire-WHO.pdf 
(English) (145 Kb.pdf)

http://www.childrensvaccine.org/files/Hep-B-Aide-Memoire-WHO-
Francais.pdf (FranE7ais) (165 Kb.pdf)

Hepatitis B: The Virus and the Vaccine (2001) Gates Children's Vac-
cine Program at PATH A two page handout.

http://www.childrensvaccine.org/files/Hep%20B_fact_sheet.pdf 
(140 Kb pdf)

Hepatitis B Vaccine Introduction - Lessons Learned in Advocacy, Com-
munication, and Training (2001) Gates Children's Vaccine Program at 
PATH This five page paper summarizes lessons learned as a result of 
over ten years of experience introducing hepatitis B vaccine world-
wide.

http://www.childrensvaccine.org/files/CVP_Occ_Paper4.pdf (460 Kb pdf)

How to Give a Hepatitis B Immunization (1998) Module 8 of "Immuniza-
tion in Practice", World Health Organization

http://www.childrensvaccine.org/files/IPMod8.pdf (370 Kb .pdf)

"The Pink Book" -- Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable 
Diseases, Hepatitis B section (1999) Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention This standard U.S. reference. The full set of chapters can 
be found at www.cdc.gov/nip/publications/pink/default.htm

http://www.childrensvaccine.org/files/pinkbook_12__hepb.pdf (350 Kb 
.pdf)

Introduction to DTP-Hepatitis B Vaccine (2001) Ministry of Health, 
Mozambique This translation of two booklets from Mozambique--one for 
health workers, the other for community leaders--may give you ideas 
for your own health education materials.

http://www.childrensvaccine.org/files/Mozambique_DTP-HepB.pdf (30 
Kb.pdf)

The Hepatitis B Coalition Immunization Action Coalition The Immuniza-
tion Action Coalition promotes physician, community, and family 
awareness of, and responsibility for, appropriate immunization of all 
children and adults against all vaccine-preventable diseases. This 
U.S. Hepatitis B Coalition site has a wealth of education materials, 
including English and Spanish vaccination information sheets and "All 
kids need Hepatitis B shots" in 16 languages.

www.immunize.org

Viral Hepatitis B US Centers for Disease Control A wealth of informa-
tion on the disease and vaccine.

www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hepatitis/b/index.htm

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Scott Wittet 
Director for Advocacy, Communication, and Training 
Gates Children's Vaccine Program at PATH 
www.ChildrensVaccine. 


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