UK children should be immunised against hepatitis, says ABPI
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Executive Summary
Children in the UK should be routinely vaccinated against hepatitis B, believes theABPI, rather than the current policy of only vaccinating selected high-risk groups. As of yet there is no mass immunisation programme for hepatitis in the UK.
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