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.
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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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Updates to this page
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The HTML version of the Protecting your baby against hepatitis B leaflet has been updated to reflect the changes in the PDF version.
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Clarified age range
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Leaflets have been updated in accordance with the routine childhood vaccination schedule changes from 1 July 2025.
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Added 'a guide to your care in pregnancy and after your baby is born' guide.
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Added 5 new translated download-only versions of the leaflet.
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