Breakthrough in preventing hepatitis B transmission from mothers to children

Only 0.1 per cent of babies born to hepatitis B positive mothers go on to develop the disease

Hepatitis B transmission from mothers to babies has been ‘eliminated’ in England (PA)

Hepatitis B transmission from mothers to babies has been eliminated in England, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).

The WHO elimination target is that less than 2 per cent of babies born to mothers with hepatitis B go on to develop the infection.

And data from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) shows the figure for England currently stands at 0.1 per cent.