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Friday, June 20th, 2008...6:03 pm

“Hepatitis B Almost Eradicated in Cuba”

The Cuban News agency reports that:

HAVANA, Cuba, Jun 20 (acn) With 17 cases reported in 2007 and only four so far this year, Cuba is ready to eradicate Hepatitis B transmission with a highly effective vaccine produced in the country, reports Prensa Latina news agency.

A government-sponsored immunization program for newborns began in 1992; that year over 2,100 cases were reported, recalls an article in Granma daily. At present, a great part of the population including all Cubans under 26 has been immunized and the infection rate has been cut by 99.2 percent in 15 years.

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Production on a large scale of the Recombinant HB vaccine takes place in the Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Center in Havana (CIGB). The product is marketed in over 40 countries and, since 1992, the CIGB has produced almost 157 million doses to export and over 14 million for the National Vaccination Program of the Public Health Ministry.

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