Improving integrated perinatal care for women with hepatitis B in China

Yunshan Chen; Rong Fan; Lele Wang; Abraham Nick Morse; Huishu Liu

doi:10.1136/bmj-2023-078643

Improving integrated perinatal care for women with hepatitis B in China

BMJ. 2024 Aug 30:386:e078643. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2023-078643.

Authors

Yunshan Chen¹, Rong Fan², Lele Wang¹, Abraham Nick Morse³, Huishu Liu⁴

Affiliations

¹ Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
² Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Viral Hepatitis Research, Department of Infectious Diseases, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
³ Department of Community Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, USA.
⁴ Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China huishuliu@hotmail.com.

Abstract

Huishu Liu and colleagues argue that integrated care for women with hepatitis B in China needs improving, including better severity stratification, comprehensive counselling and education, seamless multidisciplinary care, and better referral

MeSH terms

China / epidemiology
Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / organization & administration
Female
Hepatitis B* / epidemiology
Hepatitis B* / prevention & control
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / prevention & control
Perinatal Care* / methods
Perinatal Care* / standards
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious* / prevention & control
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious* / therapy