Table 3. National level characteristics and policies for the 5 countries with birth dose assessments.

	STP	Nigeria	Gambia	Botswana	Namibia
National plan focusing on prevention and control of viral hepatitis	No	No	No	No	No
Designated govt. unit responsible for carrying out viral hepatitis activities	No	Yes	No	No	No
National representative sero-survey data showing HBV burden	No	No	No	No	No
National clinical guidelines for managing viral hepatitis	No	No	No	No	No
National guidelines/policy related to HepB-BD vaccination	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Have an upper limit for timely HepB-BD vaccination (≤24 hrs.)	No	Yes	No	No	No
EPI recording tools allow for capture of timely (≤24 hrs.) and total BD doses	No	No	Yes	No	No
HepB-BD integrated in newborn care policy	No	No	No	No	No
MCH data recording tools capture HepB-BD administration	No	No	No	Yes	No
Outreach programs to vaccinate home births within 24 hours	No	No	No	No	No