Hepatitis B – Rostropovich Vishnevskaya Foundation

Vaccination Against Hepatitis B in Georgia

by RVF on March 8, 2013 with No Comments

In 2009 the Ministry of Labour, Health, and Social Affairs of Georgia and the National Center for Disease Control requested the assistance of the Rostropovich-Vishnevskaya Foundation in establishing a hepatitis B catch-up vaccination program for at-risk healthcare workers, medical students, … Read More

Hepatitis B Vaccination In Russia A Success Story

by RVF on March 2, 2013 with No Comments

With initial funding provided by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Foundation conducted a children’s vaccination initiative against hepatitis B in the Russian Federation from 2000 -2006. At the time the program t was the largest public health … Read More

Hepatitis B Catch-Up Vaccination Program To Protect At-Risk Healthcare Workers, Medical Students And Adolescents

by RVF on March 2, 2013 with No Comments

In 2009 the Minister of Labour, Health, and Social Affairs of Georgia, Alexander Kvitashvili, and the head of the National Center for Disease Control, Dr. Paata Imnadze, requested the assistance of the Rostropovich-Vishnevskaya Foundation (RVF) in establishing a hepatitis B … Read More

Screening for Hepatitis B

by RVF on March 1, 2013 with No Comments

RVF’s Hepatitis B screening programs benefited over 550,000 women and infants and are now being fully sustained by the local Ministries of Health. The program described below continues to be carried out without RVF’s direct involvement. Goal: to protect newborns … Read More