PEDIATRICS Vol. 90 No. 2 August 1992, pp. 274-277
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Control of Hepatitis B: To Be or Not To Be?

CAROLINE BREESE HALL MD1 and NEAL A. HALSEY MD2

1 Dept of Pediatrics and Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY
2 Dept of International Health, Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD

The needs of children should not be made to wait.

—John F. Kennedy, 1963

The recent recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Committee on Infectious Diseases and the Immunization Practices Advisory Committee of the Centers for Disease Control to immunize all infants against hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection have engendered concerns and questions which should not eclipse the import and intent of these recommendations.1,2 Behind these statements lay much deliberation and expertise drawn from those in pediatrics, medicine, infectious diseases, and public health. The undeniable conclusions of both committees are that control of HBV infection and its consequences (1) is necessary, (2) requires a new approach, and (3) must include universal infant immunization and should include immunization of adolescents whenever resources permit.

Submitted on April 29, 1992
Accepted on April 29, 1992




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