Gender development and hepatitis B and C infections among pregnant women in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Jean Joel R BignaAngeladine M KenneAghiles HamrounMarie S NdangangAudrey Joyce FokaDahlia Noelle TounougaRémi LenainMarie A AmougouJobert Richie NansseuPublished in: Infectious diseases of poverty (2019)
To address the burden of HBV and HCV infections, beyond well-known risk factors at the individual-level, macro-level factors including gender-related human development indicators and dwelling in rural areas should be considered. In Africa, HBV or HCV infected mothers seems to have high potential of transmission to their children.