Name: Hepatitis B Vaccination

Description: The Hepatitis B vaccine protects against the hepatitis B virus, which can cause serious liver disease including cirrhosis and liver cancer. Recommended by UK JCVI and TravelHealthPro for at-risk groups and travellers to endemic regions.

Price: 50

Currency: GBP

Dose: 3

Age From: 0

Age To: 99

Timing: For full protection, the standard 3-dose course is given at 0, 1, and 6 months before travel. An accelerated schedule is available for last-minute travel.

Effectiveness: Effects are soreness at the injection site and fever.

Duration: once the full 2, 3, or 4-dose series is completed. Protection is considered durable for at least 20 to 30 years.

Timing Note: Standard schedule: 0, 1, 6 months. Accelerated: 0, 7, 21 days with a booster at 12 months. Licensed from birth.

Effectiveness Note: The vaccine is very effective. More than 90–95% of healthy individuals develop protective immunity after the full series of vaccines is completed. Protection lasts for a long time, continuing for decades in most cases; indeed, most people never require booster doses in their lifetimes to remain protected. The vaccine has dramatically reduced not only the incidences of hepatitis B infections but also chronic liver diseases and liver cancers that were attributable to the infection in countries where vaccination coverage became extensive.

Duration Note: Three doses are required. If you are following the accelerated course, a fourth dose is needed after 12 months.

High Risk Areas: Sub-Saharan Africa South East Asia (China, Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia) Pacific Islands Amazon basin of South America Parts of the Middle East and Central Asia Eastern Europe

Traveller Risk Factors: Travel to endemic regions Long-stay travellers, expatriates and volunteers Medical or dental treatment abroad Adventure activities with risk of blood exposure Tattoos, piercings, or sexual contact abroad Healthcare workers and first responders

Protection Title: When someone who's been vaccinated comes into contact with the virus later on, their body's antibodies recognize it and stop it from getting into the liver cells.

Protection Description: The hepatitis B surface antigen is what the vaccine gets the immune system to start making antibodies against. When someone who's been vaccinated comes into contact with the virus later on, their body's antibodies recognize it and stop it from getting into the liver cells. The reason why hepatitis B disease and complication can be prevented for a long time is that of immune memory.

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