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Africa ‘consistently’ overlooked in Hepatitis B intervention trials

Continent involved in just 1 per cent of trials despite highest rate of new infections

Africa is drastically underrepresented in clinical trials focusing on Hepatitis B, a study has found, despite the continent accounting for most of the world’s new infections.

The study, published in The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology this month, scoured global clinical trial registries for Hepatitis B virus (HBV) intervention trials.

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