Biography

Dr. H. Julien Kabore is an Epidemiologist with over 15 years of experience.

He is the Hepatitis B Immunization focal person at the WHO regional office for Africa based in Brazzaville. In this role, he leads the efforts for the control of hepatitis B through immunization in the African region. He provides strategic guidance and technical assistance to countries for the planning, introduction, and scale-up of the Hepatitis B birth dose vaccine.

He also conducts the assessment of the birth dose vaccine delivery in countries and is involved in hepatitis B sero survey studies that aim to generate evidence to support the introduction of the birth dose vaccine in the routine immunization schedule.