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Newborns to get Hepatitis B vaccine
Rwanda has officially introduced the universal hepatitis B birth dose vaccine into its national routine immunisation programme to protect newborns from the highly infectious hepatitis B virus (HBV). The new intervention ensures that every newborn in the country receives the first dose of the hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours of birth, Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC) said in a statement on Friday, January 2. ALSO READ: Rwanda on track to elimina…
Rwanda has started administering Hepatitis B vaccine to newborns, in a bid to boost their immunity against the disease and prevent its spread. This is according to a statement released by the Rwanda Health Commission (RBC) on Friday, January 2, 2026. The statement stated that Hepatitis B is a serious disease caused by the Hepatitis B Virus (HBV). Most people with this disease are infected by their mothers at birth.
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