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2004 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Britain should adopt universal hepatitis B immunization, says a senior doctor.
The United Kingdom is one of the few developed countries that have not implemented universal immunization. Because the burden of hepatitis B was low and individual rights were considered paramount, a policy of selective immunization of high-risk groups, such as healthcare workers, homosexual men and drug addicts, has been followed.
However, this approach has failed to provide adequate coverage in Britain and should be replaced by universal immunization, wrote Nicholas Beeching of the Royal Liverpool University Hospital, in the November 6, 2004, issue of the British Medical Journal.
The hepatitis B virus causes up to a million deaths worldwide every year. In the United Kingdom, 4500 acute hepatitis B ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Britain should adopt universal hepatitis B immunization, says doctor.