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Hepatitis B: screening care in pregnancy and protecting your baby

Information on hepatitis B infection, screening and care in pregnancy and the vaccine which protects babies born to women with hepatitis B.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Published: 24 August 2018
• Last updated: 4 July 2025 — See all updates

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Protecting your baby against hepatitis B guide

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Hepatitis B: a guide to your care in pregnancy and after your baby is born

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Protecting your baby against hepatitis B

Ref: UKHSA gateway number 2025130

PDF, 496 KB, 8 pages

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Hepatitis B: a guide to your care in pregnancy and after your baby is born leaflet

Ref: UKHSA gateway number 2025109

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These leaflets are aimed at parents of babies who are at risk from hepatitis B virus infection through perinatal transmission.

The Protecting your baby against hepatitis B immunisation leaflet explains the course of vaccinations for babies born to women with hepatitis B to help protect babies from developing hepatitis B infection. This leaflet can be ordered using product code HEPB25PYB.

The Guide to your care in pregnancy and after your baby is born screening leaflet is for use from 1 July 2025. It explains the hepatitis B screening and care offered to women with hepatitis B in pregnancy. This leaflet can be ordered using the product code HEPB25EN.

Translations and accessible versions will be available in due course.

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Published 24 August 2018

Last updated 4 July 2025 + show all updates

1. 4 July 2025

   Leaflets have been updated in accordance with the routine childhood vaccination schedule changes from 1 July 2025.

2. 11 January 2021

   Added 'a guide to your care in pregnancy and after your baby is born' guide.

3. 27 September 2018

   Added 5 new translated download-only versions of the leaflet.

4. 24 August 2018

   First published.