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This paper empirically examines the determinants of credit at different maturities across European Union countries during the last decade. The paper documents the lengthening of maturities since the early 2000s, and whether these patterns were driven by similar factors in advanced countries and in emerging market countries. ... See More + Before the 2008 crisis, long-term credit expanded faster than short-term credit in most countries in the sample, and contracted less than short-term credit after 2008. The paper finds that domestic deposits and foreign liabilities were more important sources of funding in emerging market countries than in advanced countries. Moreover, trade openness and initial banking sector depth matter more for emerging market countries than for advanced countries. See Less -
Policy Research Working Paper WPS7436 OCT 08, 2015
Park,Haelim; Ruiz Ortega,Claudia; Tressel,Thierry
This paper presents early evidence from the first large-scale randomized-controlled trial of a land formalization program. The study examines the links between land demarcation and investment in rural Benin in light of a model of agricultural production under insecure tenure. ... See More + The demarcation process involved communities in the mapping and attribution of land rights; cornerstones marked parcel boundaries and offered lasting landmarks. Consistent with the model, improved tenure security under demarcation induces a shift toward long-term investment on treated parcels. This investment does not yet coincide with gains in agricultural productivity. The analysis also identifies significant gender-specific effects. Female-managed landholdings in treated villages are more likely to be left fallow—an important soil fertility investment. Women further respond to an exogenous tenure security change by moving production away from relatively secure, demarcated land and toward less secure land outside the village to guard those parcels. See Less -
Policy Research Working Paper WPS7435 OCT 08, 2015
Goldstein,Markus P.; Houngbedji,Kenneth; Kondylis,Florence; OSullivan,Michael B.; Selod,Harris
International supply chains require the coordination of numerous activities across multiple countries and firms. This paper develops a theoretical model of supply chains in which the measure of tasks completed within a firm is determined by parameters that define transaction costs and the cost of coordinating more activities within the firm. ... See More + The structural parameters that govern these costs explain variation in supply chain length as well as cross-country variation in gross-output-to-value-added ratios. The structural parameters are linked to comparative advantage along and across supply chains. The paper provides an analytical treatment of trade and welfare responses to trade cost change in a simple two-country model. To explore the models implications in a richer setting, the model is calibrated to match key observables in East Asia, and the calibrated model is used to evaluate implications of changes in model parameters for trade, welfare, the length of supply chains, and countries relative position within them. See Less -
Policy Research Working Paper WPS7434 OCT 06, 2015
Fally,Thibault; Hillberry,Russell Henry
Policy makers are often confronted with a myriad of factors in the investment decision-making process. This issue is particularly acute in infrastructure investment decisions, as these often involve significant financial resources and lock-in technologies. ... See More + In regions and countries where the infrastructure access gap is large and pubic budgets severely constrained, the importance of considering the different facets of the decision-making process becomes even more relevant. This paper discusses the trade-offs policy makers confront when attempting to prioritize infrastructure investments, in particular with regard to economic growth and welfare, and proposes a methodological framework for prioritizing infrastructure projects and portfolios that holistically equates such trade-offs, among others. The analysis suggests that it is not desirable to have a single methodology, providing a single ranking of infrastructure investments, because of the complexities of infrastructure investments. Rather, a multidisciplinary approach should be taken. Decision makers will also need to account for factors that are often not easily measured. While having techniques that enable logical frameworks in the decision-making process of establishing priorities is highly desirable, they are no substitute for consensus building and political negotiations. See Less -
Policy Research Working Paper WPS7433 OCT 06, 2015
Andres,Luis Alberto; Biller,Dan; Herrera Dappe,Matias
The 2014 release of a new set of purchasing power parity conversion factors (PPPs) for 2011 has prompted a revision of the international poverty line. ... See More + In order to preserve the integrity of the goalposts for international targets such as the Sustainable Development Goals and the World Bank's twin goals, the new poverty line was chosen so as to preserve the real purchasing power of the earlier $1.25 line (in 2005 PPPs) in poor countries. Using the new 2011 PPPs, the new line equals $1.90 per person per day. The higher value of the line in US dollars reflects the fact that the new PPPs yield a relatively lower purchasing power of that currency vis-à-vis those of most poor countries. Because the line was designed to preserve real purchasing power in poor countries, the revisions lead to relatively small changes in global poverty incidence: from 14.5 percent in the old method to 14.2 percent in the new method for 2011. In 2012, the new reference year for the global count, the authors find 12.8 percent of the world's population, or 902 million people, are living in extreme poverty. There are changes in the regional composition of poverty, but they are also relatively small. This paper documents the detailed methodological decisions taken in the process of updating both the poverty line and the consumption and income distributions at the country level, including issues of inter-temporal and spatial price adjustments. It also describes various caveats, limitations, perils and pitfalls of the approach taken. See Less -
Policy Research Working Paper WPS7432 OCT 03, 2015
Ferreira,Francisco H. G.; Chen,Shaohua; Dabalen,Andrew L.; Dikhanov,Yuri M.; Hamadeh,Nada; Jolliffe,Dean Mitchell; Narayan,Ambar; Prydz,Espen Beer; Revenga,Ana L.; Sangraula,Prem; Serajuddin,Umar; Yoshida,Nobuo
This paper proposes a new measure of public expenditure force that policy makers and budget analysts should track in detail over time in routine fiscal monitoring. ... See More + The paper suggests that adopting the measure will not only warn policy makers of possible impending fiscal pressures, but will help them to differentiate between those budgetary pressures that are temporary and those that may require reforms. The main utility of the expenditure force measure will be in country fiscal analysis. Measuring force across the entire budget allows practitioners to monitor and decompose the micro drivers of public spending pressure, watch out for rapidly expanding spending lines, and identify priorities for reform before these pressures lead to macro fiscal problems. Yet by its construct, spending force is internationally comparable, and independent of expenditure levels or spending types. This could allow global monitoring comparisons and global research into the drivers of public spending force across particular types of country characteristics and economic conditions. In time, and as more data become available, researchers can use the force measure to compare and contrast the dynamics of expenditure types across countries. For example the measure can be used to explore what gives some spending types an initial impulse; whether underlying factors cause different public spending categories to grow faster than average, or to accelerate over time; and what successful countries have done to manage rising force without damaging public services. Since force seems to be a decent predictor of fiscal episodes, it is suggested that "speed limits" for spending might be a feasible component of fiscal rules. See Less -
Policy Research Working Paper WPS7431 OCT 01, 2015
Merotto,Dino Leonardo; Hayati,Fayavar; Stephan,David Andrew; Bataille,William
This paper examines the relationship between individuals' skills and labor market outcomes for the working-age population of Colombia's urban areas. ... See More + Using a 2012 unique household survey, the paper finds that cognitive skills (aptitudes to perform mental tasks such as comprehension or reasoning) and socio-emotional skills (personality traits and behaviors) matter for favorable labor market outcomes in the Colombian context, although they have distinct roles. Cognitive skills are greatly associated with higher earnings and holding a formal job or a high-qualified occupation. By contrast, socio-emotional skills appear to have little direct influence on these outcomes, but play a stronger role in labor market participation. Both types of skills, especially cognitive skills, are largely associated with pursuing tertiary education. The analysis applies standard econometric techniques as a benchmark and structural estimations to correct for the measurement error of skill constructs. See Less -
Policy Research Working Paper WPS7430 SEP 30, 2015
Acosta,Pablo Ariel; Muller,Noel; Sarzosa,Miguel Alonso
This paper analyzes the relation between public, education-related infrastructure and the quality of education in schools. The analysis uses a case study of the establishment of two large, high-quality public libraries in low-income areas in Bogotá, Colombia. ... See More + It assesses the impact of these libraries on the quality of education by comparing national test scores (SABER 11) for schools close to and far from the libraries before (2000–02) and after (2003–08) the libraries were opened. The paper introduces a Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition on difference-in-differences estimates to assess whether variation of traditional determinants of mathematics, verbal, and science test scores explains the estimates. The analysis finds differences that are not statistically different from zero that could be attributed to the establishment of the libraries. These results are robust to alternative specifications, a synthetic control approach, and an alternative measure of distance. See Less -
Policy Research Working Paper WPS7429 SEP 30, 2015
Rodriguez Lesmes,Paul Andres; Trujillo,Jose Daniel; Valderrama Gonzalez,Daniel
Professional civil service recruitment is a core component of governance for development, as it is necessary for ensuring the capacity of civil servants, service delivery, fiscal sustainability, and proper salary management. ... See More + Through an ambitious mixed method approach, this study seeks to provide a political economy analysis of civil service recruitment in Comoros—a fragile and decentralized state with a relatively large portion of spending on government salaries. More specifically, it aims to explain the recent dramatic increases in the number of civil servants in Comoros. The paper presents three main findings from the analysis. First, in 2010, elections at the national and local levels were associated with the largest recruitment in the past decade, due in part to the interplay of informal institutions such as political clientelism with the current public financial management system. Second, the institutions involved in recruitment are not permanent; they are evolving with the balance of power between the national and island governments. Third, civil service recruitment respects qualification standards. See Less -
Policy Research Working Paper WPS7428 SEP 30, 2015
Rose,Jonathan; Gowthaman,Balachandran
Parents and students from different socioeconomic backgrounds value differently school characteristics, but the reasons behind this preference heterogeneity are not well understood. ... See More + In the context of the centralized school assignment system in Mexico City, this study analyzes how a large household income shock affects choices over high school tracks exploiting the discontinuity in the assignment of the welfare program Oportunidades. The income shock significantly increases the probability of choosing the vocational track vis-a-vis the other more academic-oriented tracks. The findings suggest that the transfer relaxes the financial constraints that prevent relatively low-ability students from choosing the schooling option with higher labor market returns. See Less -
Policy Research Working Paper WPS7427 SEP 28, 2015
Avitabile,Ciro; Bobba,Matteo; Pariguana,Marco
This paper documents the changing structure of wages in India over the post-reform era, the roughly two-decade period since 1993. To investigate the factors underlying these changes, a supply-demand framework is applied at the level of the Indian state. ... See More + While real wages have risen across India over the past two decades, the increase has been greater in rural areas and, especially, for unskilled workers. The analysis finds that, in rural areas, the changing wage structure has been driven largely by relative supply factors, such as increased overall education levels and falling female labor force participation. Relative wage changes between rural and urban areas have been driven largely by shifts in employment, notably into unskilled-intensive sectors like construction. See Less -
Policy Research Working Paper WPS7426 SEP 28, 2015
Jacoby,Hanan G.; Dasgupta,Basab
Previous sharp oil price declines have been accompanied by elevated ex post volatility. In contrast, volatility was much less elevated during the oil price crash in 2014/15. ... See More + This paper provides evidence that oil prices declined in a relatively measured manner during 2014/15, with dispersion of price changes that was considerably smaller than comparable oil price declines. This finding is robust to nonparametric and GARCH measures of volatility. Further, the U.S. dollar appreciation exerted a strong influence on volatility during the recent crash; in contrast, the impact of shocks on equity markets was muted. See Less -
Policy Research Working Paper WPS7425 SEP 28, 2015
Baffes,John; Kshirsagar,Varun
Income growth in emerging economies has often been cited as a key driver of the past decade's com-modity price boom—the longest and broadest boom since World War II. ... See More + This paper shows that income has a negative and highly significant effect on real food commodity prices, a finding that is consistent with Engel's Law and Kindleberger's thesis, the predecessors of the Prebisch-Singer hypothe-sis. The paper also shows that, in the long run, income influences real food prices mainly through the manufacturing price channel (the deflator), hence weakening the view that income growth exerts strong upward pressure on food prices. Other (short-term) drivers of food prices include energy costs, inventories, and monetary conditions. See Less -
Policy Research Working Paper WPS7424 SEP 28, 2015
Baffes,John; Etienne,Xiaoli Liao
What is the utility from obtaining more precise values of natural resource objects (rainforests), through surveys or other similar information gathering? ... See More + In the value of information problems studied here, a principal who wishes to preserve a resource sets a price to offer to a seller without knowing precisely the protection value or opportunity value, to the seller. The value of information related to more precise information about the protection value for the principal is a key issue in environmental and natural resource valuation, but it is in most cases implicit and not analyzed. More precise resource values reduce the frequency of two types of mistakes (saving the resource when it should not be saved, and not saving the resource when it should be saved), and increases the principal's ex ante expected utility value. This paper applies the model to Amazon rainforest protection and considers the hypothetical value of perfect information. The analysis finds that the value of perfect information can easily exceed realistic information costs, thus perhaps justifying significant expenditures for valuation studies, given that all available information is used efficiently for conservation decision purposes. The value of perfect information also depends on the nature of buyer-seller interactions, and is higher in the altruistic case, where the principal has full concern for the outcome for the seller. See Less -
Policy Research Working Paper WPS7423 SEP 28, 2015
Strand,Jon; Siddiqui,Sauleh
A randomized control trial was conducted to study whether providing 10th grade students with information about the returns to upper secondary and tertiary education, and a source of financial aid for tertiary education, can contribute to improve student performance. ... See More + The study finds that the intervention had no effects on the probability of taking a 12th grade national standardized exam three years after, a proxy for on-time high school completion, but a positive and significant impact on learning outcomes and self-reported measures of effort. The effects are larger for girls and students from households with a relatively high income. These findings are consistent with a simple model where time discount determines the increase in effort and only students with adequate initial conditions are able to translate increased effort into better outcomes. See Less -
Policy Research Working Paper WPS7422 SEP 28, 2015
Avitabile,Ciro; De Hoyos Navarro,Rafael E.
This paper examines the phenomena of high rates of youth that are out of school and out of work in Latin America. The analysis pursues a dynamic approach by constructing a pseudo-panel from 234 household surveys for 18 countries in the region that allow tracing the life cycle trajectories of different cohorts over time. ... See More + The trajectories are associated with a series of variables characterizing the household, community, and macro environment in which schooling and labor market participation decisions take place. The most important result obtained is that the persistently high rates of being out of school and out of work among males are strongly associated with greater labor force participation by women, which can be generating a "crowding out" effect against men, given slow job creation rates across the region. The analysis also explores the possibility of scarring effects, and finds that higher shares of out of school and out of work youth at ages 15–20 years are associated with lower wages for the same cohorts later in life, at ages 35–40 years, for males and females. As for employment prospects, the analysis finds scarring effects only for females, with greater out of school and out of work youth shares being related to lower proportions of women in the labor market later in the life cycle. See Less -
Policy Research Working Paper WPS7421 SEP 28, 2015
Székely,Miguel; Karver,Jonathan George
This paper studies the role of morality in the decision to repay debts. Using a field experiment with a large Islamic bank in Indonesia, the paper finds that moral appeals strongly increase credit card repayments. ... See More + In this setting, all of the banks late-paying credit card customers receive a basic reminder to repay their debt one day after they miss the payment due date. In addition, two days before the end of a ten-day grace period, clients in a treatment group also receive a text message that cites an Islamic religious text and states that "non-repayment of debts by someone who is able to repay is an injustice." This message increases the share of customers meeting their minimum payments by nearly 20 percent. By contrast, sending either a simple reminder or an Islamic quote that is unrelated to debt repayment has no effect on the share of customers making the minimum payment. Clients also respond more strongly to this moral appeal than to substantial financial incentives: receiving the religious message increases repayments by more than offering a cash rebate equivalent to 50 percent of the minimum repayment. Finally, the paper finds that removing religious aspects from the quote does not change its effectiveness, suggesting that the moral appeal of the message does not necessarily rely on its religious connotation. See Less -
Policy Research Working Paper WPS7420 SEP 23, 2015
Bursztyn,Leonardo A.; Fiorin,Stefano; Gottlieb,Daniel Wolf; Kanz,Martin
This study exploits a natural experiment to investigate the impact of land reform on the fertility outcomes of households in rural Ethiopia. Public policies and customs created a situation where Ethiopian households could influence their usufruct rights to land via a demographic expansion of the family. ... See More + The study evaluates the impact of the abolishment of these pronatal property rights on fertility outcomes. By matching aggregated census data before and after the reform with administrative data on the reform, a difference-in-differences approach between reform and non-reform districts is used to assess the impact of the reform on fertility outcomes. The impact appears to be large. The study estimates that women in rural areas reduced their life-time fertility by 1.2 children due to the reform. Robustness checks show that the impact estimates are not biased by spillovers or policy endogeneity. See Less -
Policy Research Working Paper WPS7419 SEP 23, 2015
Ali,Daniel Ayalew; Deininger,Klaus W.; Kemper,Niels Gerd
This paper analyzes the impact of aging on capital accumulation and welfare in a country with a sizable unfunded social security system. Using a two-period overlapping generation model with endogenous retirement decisions, the paper shows that the type of aging and the type of unfunded social security system are important in understanding this impact. ... See More + The analysis compares two types of demographic changes, declining fertility and increasing longevity; three types of pensions, defined contributions, defined benefits, and defined annuities; as well as mandatory and optimal retirement systems to investigate the differences in implications of aging. See Less -
Policy Research Working Paper WPS7418 SEP 22, 2015
Dedry,Antoine; Onder,Harun; Pestieau,Pierre
This paper presents trends in monetary and nonmonetary dimensions of wellbeing in Ethiopia using data from the Household Consumption and Expenditure and Welfare Monitoring surveys implemented in 2000, 2005, and 2011. ... See More + The paper provides evidence on changes in overlapping deprivations using a non-index approach to multidimensional poverty. It assesses the performance of various dimensions in education, health, and living standards, taking one indicator at a time. It then examines the overlap between different dimensions of poverty and examines how this has changed over time in Ethiopia and across rural and urban areas. It highlights that although Ethiopia's multidimensional poverty index is very high, there have been improvements in overlapping deprivations and, as a result, the number of individuals deprived in multiple dimensions has fallen. See Less -
Policy Research Working Paper WPS7417 SEP 22, 2015
Ambel,Alemayehu A.; Mehta,Parendi Arafin; Yigezu,Biratu
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Nationwide Hepatitis B Vaccination Program in Taiwan: Effectiveness in the
20 Years After It Was Launched
Yin-Chu Chien1, Chyi-Feng Jan2, Hsu-Sung Kuo3, and Chien-Jen Chen1,4
1Graduate Institute of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
2Department of Family Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University,
Taipei, Taiwan.
3Center for Disease Control, Taiwan, Republic of China.
4Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
Accepted for publication April 6, 2006.
The national hepatitis B vaccination program in Taiwan is considered one of the most successful and effective
public health programs to control chronic hepatitis B infection in the past 20 years. This review illustrates how to
implement a successful hepatitis B vaccination program based on Taiwan's experience. Several important
controlled randomized clinical trials on hepatitis B immunoglobulin and vaccine in Taiwan demonstrated an 80–
90% protective effect among infants of mothers who were positive for either hepatitis B envelope antigen or
hepatitis B surface antigen. A series of prevalence surveys on children born before and after the national
vaccination program began disclosed a steady decrease in seroprevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen in
Taiwan, with 78–87% effectiveness after the national vaccination program was launched. Studies on the secular
trend of liver disease risk also documented a 68% decline in mortality from fulminant hepatitis in infants and a 75%
decrease in the incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma in children 6–9 years of age after the national vaccination
program began. In conclusion, since 1984, the national hepatitis B vaccination program has been successful in
preventing acute and chronic liver diseases in Taiwan.
hepatitis B vaccines; liver diseases; program evaluation; public health; regional health planning; Taiwan;
treatment outcome; vaccination
Abbreviations: HBeAg, hepatitis B envelope antigen; HBIG, hepatitis B immunoglobulin; HBsAg, hepatitis B surface antigen;
HBV, hepatitis B virus.
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is an important risk factor for
chronic hepatitis, liver cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carci-
noma. Chronic HBV infection is a worldwide public health
challenge. Over the past decades, it was endemic in Taiwan,
where thecarrier rateofhepatitisBsurfaceantigen (HBsAg)
in the general population was as high as 15–20 percent. To
assess the prevalence and significance of chronic HBV in-
fection in Taiwan, a series of community surveys and epi-
demiologic studies have been carried out. Several important
controlled randomized clinical trials on the effectiveness of
hepatitis B immunoglobulin (HBIG) and hepatitis B vaccine
have been conducted in Taiwan. Based on careful evalua-
tion of all aspects of universal vaccination by the National
Hepatitis Control Steering Committee, a nationwide hepati-
the first 2 years (July 1984–June 1986) of the program, only
newborns of high-risk (HBsAg-positive) mothers were vac-
cinated. The national hepatitis B vaccination program was
extended to all newborns after July 1986, to preschool chil-
dren who did not receive vaccination at the neonatal stage
all primary school children from 1988 to 1990.
Correspondence to Prof. Chien-Jen Chen, Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica 128, Academia Road Section 2, Taipei, Taiwan 115,
Republic of China (e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com).
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Epidemiologic Reviews
Copyright ª 2006 by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
All rights reserved; printed in U.S.A.
Vol. 28, 2006
DOI: 10.1093/epirev/mxj010
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A series of prevalence surveys on HBsAg in children
were carried out before and after the national vaccination
program to assess the effectiveness of this program in
loweringHBsAg seroprevalence in children. Since 1984, the
seroprevalence of HBsAg among children in Taiwan has
decreasedsteadily.Several studies have also been conducted
to assess the effectiveness of the national hepatitis B vac-
cination program by comparing mortality from fulminant
hepatitis and the incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma
among children. A significant decrease in the risk of ful-
minant hepatitis and hepatocellular carcinoma has been
well documented. This national hepatitis B vaccination pro-
gram is considered one of the most successful and effective
public health programs in Taiwan.
In this article, we review the above-mentioned epidemi-
ologic studies, clinical trials, national programs, and ef-
fectiveness assessments to illustrate how to implement a
successful HBV vaccination program in other nations.
HBV was first discovered by Blumberg in 1965 and is
a member of the Hepadnaviridae family. The virus has
infected more than 2 billion persons in the world, and the
World Health Organization estimated that the number of
chronically infected carriers of HBV would reach 400
million worldwide by the year 2000 (1, 2). The distribution
of HBV infection varies greatly. Where the prevalence is
high, such as in Southeast Asia, China, the Middle East, and
sub-Saharan Africa, more than 60 percent of the population
is infected at some point in their lives, and the prevalence of
chronic infection is more than 8 percent. In these highly
endemic areas, the infection occurs through either perinatal
(vertical) transmission or horizontal transmission from one
child to another. In areas with low levels of endemicity,
including North America, western Europe, Australia, and
South America, the prevalence of lifelong infection is less
than 20 percent, with a prevalence of chronic infection of
less than 2 percent. In these low-endemicity areas, only
a minority of people come into contact with the virus as a
result of horizontal transmission among young adults from
sexual activity, injection drug use, or occupational exposure
(3, 4).
The risk of becoming chronically infected varies in-
versely with age at infection. The risk is as high as 90 per-
cent for infants infected in the perinatal period. Between 25
percent and 50 percent of children infected at ages 1–5
years developchronic infection compared with 6–10 percent
of acutely infected older children and adults (5, 6). Com-
pared with areas of low and intermediate endemicity, high-
endemic areas have a more serious problem of chronic HBV
infection, which was acquired at the time of birth or in early
HBV-related liver diseases are major public health
challenges in Taiwan. Liver cancer was the leading cancer
among men and the fourth leading cause among women in
2001, with age-adjusted incidence rates of 48 and 19 per
100,000, respectively. According to the Republic of China's
2001 mortality report, liver cancer was the first leading
cause of cancer death for men and the second for women in
Taiwan (7).
Before the national immunization program was imple-
mented in Taiwan, over 90 percent of the general population
under the age of 40 years was infected with HBV, and 15–20
percent of them had chronic HBV infection (8–10). Among
patients with chronic liver diseases, the HBV carrier rate
was even higher than 80 percent (11). In a large-scale pro-
spective study of 22,707 male government employees in
Taiwan, Beasley et al. (12) demonstrated a significantly
increased risk of liver cancer for HBsAg carriers compared
with noncarriers. Several subsequent case-control and co-
hort studies have also confirmed these important findings
(13). In addition to the strong association between HBsAg
positivity and hepatocellular carcinoma, positivity for hep-
atitis B envelope antigen (HBeAg) is associated with an
increased risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (14). A dose-
response relation between serum HBV DNA level and
risk of hepatocellular carcinoma was found for HBeAg-
seronegative chronic carriers in the same study. Most im-
portantly, the vast majority of hepatocellular carcinoma
lesions containing integrated HBV DNA sequences implied
a causal association with HBV (15). On the basis of the
serious impact of hepatitis B infection on public health in
Taiwan, health authorities began to search for a control
strategy for HBV infection beginning in 1970.
To prevent hepatitis B infection, it was most important
to verify the major route of HBV transmission. It has been
shown that 40 percent of infants born to HBsAg-carrier
mothers will also become chronic carriers early in the
postnatal period. The significantly higher HBsAg-positive
rate among infants whose mothers were HBsAg positive
compared with HBsAg negative illustrated conclusively that
HBV is transmitted from mother to infant (16). Overall,
HBsAg-positive mothers transmitted the infection to 50
percent of their infants, rendering them carriers (17). From
86 percent to 96 percent of the infants born to HBsAg- and
(16). In contrast, the infection rate was only 6–21 percent
among infants whose mothers were HBsAg positive but
HBeAg negative (18, 19). A retrospective study in Taiwan
reported that eight of11 mothers ofHBsAg-positivepatients
affected by hepatocellular carcinoma were also positive for
HBsAg, which strongly implied that the prevalent chronic
HBV infection in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma is
most likely of maternal origin (20). Furthermore, a random-
ized controlled trial of HBIG with or without HBV vaccine
for neonates of HBsAg-positive mothers revealed that HBV
infections from carrier mothers to their infants generally
occurredduringbirthratherthan pregnancy(21).Theannual
incidence of HBV infection among children and adults in
Taiwan was found to be 5 percent and 1.5–2.7 percent, re-
spectively (10, 22, 23). In children who became HBsAg car-
riers, most (90 percent) were infected before 3 years of age,
whereas children infected with HBVafter 3 years of age in-
frequently became carriers (24).
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Several clinical trials on hepatitis B vaccine or HBIG in
infants have shown that they are safe and highly effective in
preventing HBsAg-positive chronic carrier status resulting
from perinatal HBV infection (19, 21, 25–28). Findings are
summarized in table 1. According to Beasley et al.'s ran-
domized controlled trial (26), HBIG given to those neonates
born to HBeAg-positive mothers at birth, 3 months, and 6
months could reduce the carrier rate of vaccinees to only 26
percent, yielding an effectiveness rate of 71.7 percent (26).
To find out whether a combination of HBIG and hepatitis B
a perinatally transmitted HBsAg carrier state from HBeAg-
positive carrier mothers, a randomized blind controlled trial
of hepatitis B vaccine with three different schedules was
also conducted by Beasley et al. (21). The overall effective-
ness of combining HBIG and hepatitis B vaccine was 93.6
percent compared with that for the control groups (no pro-
phylaxis). No statistically significant difference was ob-
served among three prophylaxis schedules (21).
To identify the most economical and efficient program for
immunoprophylaxis of HBVinfection in high-risk neonates,
investigators randomly assigned infants born to HBeAg-
positive carrier mothers to receive the hepatitis B vaccine
alone or in combination with HBIG. Infants whose par-
ents refused vaccination for them constituted the control
group. Group 1 neonates received thevaccine alone, group 2
TABLE 1. Clinical trials of hepatitis B immunoglobulin and hepatitis B vaccine among neonates in Taiwan
(reference no.)
Study subjects and comparison groups
No. of
Outcome (%) at assessment age
HBsAg* rate
Beasley et al. (26)Infants of HBeAg*-positive mothersAt the 15th month
Placebo61 92.0
Three 0.5-ml doses of HBIG* at birth and at the 3rd and 6th months57 26.0 71.7
One 1.0-ml dose of HBIG at birth67 54.0 41.3
Beasley et al. (21) Infants of HBeAg-positive mothersAt the 12th month
No prophylaxis84 88.0
0.5 ml of HBIG at birth and a 2nd dose at the 3rd month, with 20 lg of
HBV* vaccine at the 3rd, 4th, and 9th months
51 2.0 97.7
0.5 ml of HBIG at birth, with 20 lg of HBV vaccine at the 4th–7th day
and at the 1st and 6th months
50 6.093.2
0.5 ml of HBIG at birth, with 20 lg of HBV vaccine at the 1st, 2nd, and
7th months
58 8.6 90.2
Lo et al. (27) Infants of HBeAg-positive mothersAt the 6th month
No prophylaxis29 90.0
1 ml of HBIG at birth and a 2nd dose at the 1st month, with 5 lg of HBV
vaccine at the 2nd, 6th, and 10th weeks
38 5.394.1
1 ml of HBIG at birth, with 5 lg of HBV vaccine at the 2nd, 6th, and
10th weeks
36 11.187.7
5 lg of HBV vaccine at the 2nd, 6th, and 10th weeks3823.773.7
Lo et al. (28)Infants of HBeAg-positive mothers At the 12th–14th months
No prophylaxis 5178.4
1 ml of HBIG at birth and a 2nd dose at the 1st month, with 5 lg of HBV
vaccine at the 2nd week, 6th week, 10th week, and 12th month
378.1 89.7
0.5 ml of HBIG at birth, with 2.5 lg of HBV vaccine at the 1st week,
5th week, and 6th month
4010.0 87.2
1 ml of HBIG at birth, with 5 lg of HBV vaccine at the 2nd week,
6th week, 10th week, and 12th month
35 11.485.5
5 lg of HBV vaccine at the 2nd week, 6th week, 10th week, and
12th month
Tsai et al. (30) Infants of HBeAg-negative and HBsAg-positive mothersAt the 14th month
No prophylaxis19 5.3
5 lg of HBV vaccine at the 1st, 5th, and 9th weeks and a booster dose
at the 12th month
21 0.0100
0.5 ml of HBIG at birth, with 5 lg of HBV vaccine at the 1st, 5th, and
9th weeks and a booster dose at the 12th month
* HBsAg, hepatitis B surface antigen; HBeAg, hepatitis B envelope antigen; HBIG, hepatitis B immunoglobulin; HBV, hepatitis B virus.
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received the vaccine plus HBIG at birth, and group 3 re-
ceived the vaccine plus HBIG at birth and 1 month. Com-
pared with that for the control group, the effectiveness was
74 percent in group 1, 88 percent in group 2, and 94 percent
in group 3. The hepatitis B vaccine plus one dose of HBIG at
birth was determined to be the method of choice for pre-
venting perinatal transmission of HBVin high-risk neonates
(27, 28).
To prevent perinatal and postnatal HBV infection in
infants at a relatively lower risk, neonates born to HBsAg-
positive and HBeAg-negative mothers were randomly as-
signed to two groups to receive the vaccine alone or the
vaccine plus one dose of HBIG at birth. Neonates whose
parents refused HBV vaccination for them served as con-
trols. Of the neonates given the vaccine alone, 100 percent
became positivefor antibodies to HBsAg at6 months of age.
Therefore, hepatitis B vaccine alone could prevent HBV
infection in neonates born to HBeAg-negative mothers, and
vaccine should be given as soon as possible after birth (19).
For the infants born to HBsAg-seronegative mothers, the
immunogenicity of the three doses of hepatitis B vaccine in
38 healthy neonates showed that 96 percent of vaccinees had
detectable antibodies to HBsAg in their serum after the third
dose of vaccine, without adverse reactions (29). With regard
to the immunogenicity of the hepatitis B vaccine doses, Tsai
et al. (30) demonstrated that smaller doses (1 and 2 lg)
produced significantly lower antibody titers than the stan-
dard dose (5 lg). Therefore, the standard dose was chosen
for the hepatitis B vaccination program in Taiwan.
To evaluate possible side effects of the vaccine in neo-
nates, Lo et al. (27) compared the hepatitis B vaccine with
the diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus and measles vaccines. The
incidence of fever was significantly lower and occurred in
only 2.8 percent of neonates vaccinated against HBV com-
pared with 38.4 percent and 28 percent, respectively, in
neonates given the diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus and measles
vaccines. In the hepatitis B vaccinated group, there were
significantly fewer other side effects such as diarrhea and
local skin redness, and hepatitis B vaccine was documented
as being relatively safe.
According to evidence from previous studies, early ad-
ministration of the HBIG and/or hepatitis B vaccine, at the
newborn stage, has been critical for a successful vaccination
program in Taiwan. All aspects of universal vaccination
were carefully evaluated by the National Hepatitis Control
Steering Committee and the Hepatitis Control Committee of
the Department of Health, which were organized to provide
policy guidance to assure administrative coordination and
resources allocation, to implement the national vaccination
program, and to monitor progress and effectiveness of the
program. A nationwide vaccination program aimed at erad-
icating HBV was launched on July 1, 1984. It was the first
universal hepatitis B vaccination programs for newborns in
the world.
The national program of hepatitis B vaccination is
summarized in table 2. During the first two fiscal years
(July 1984–June 1986) of the program, only newborns born
to high-risk (HBsAg-positive) mothers were vaccinated
because of the high cost of hepatitis B vaccine and HBIG
during the early years. Healthy newborns of highly in-
fectious (HBeAg-positive or high titer of HBsAg) carrier
mothers received an additional 0.5 ml of HBIG within 24
hours of birth if they weighed 2,200 g or more. Since July
1986, all newborns who weigh 2,500 g or more have been
vaccinated with four doses of plasma-derived hepatitis B
vaccine at 0, 1, 2, and 12 months of age. Beginning in 1987,
the hepatitis B vaccination program was further extended to
preschool children who did not receive vaccination at the
neonatal stage and to susceptible medical personnel. Those
who missed the scheduled vaccination were encouraged to
receive the vaccine on a fee-for-service basis. From 1988
to 1990, the vaccination program was extended to all
TABLE 2. Summary of the nationwide hepatitis B vaccination program in Taiwan
Time period Events and target populationsRemarks
1980 The National Hepatitis Control Steering Committee and
the Hepatitis Control Committee were organized.
July 1984–
June 1986
Newborns of HBsAg*-positive mothers All newborns received four doses of plasma-derived
hepatitis B vaccine at 0, 1, 2, and 12 months of age.
July 1986–now All newborns
June 1987 The first plasma-derived hepatitis B vaccine produced by
a Taiwanese manufacturer was licensed for production
and marketing.
1987–1989 Preschool children who did not receive vaccination at the
neonatal stage, and susceptible medical personnel
1988–1990 All elementary school children
July 1991 Vaccine records checked for all elementary school
1992 Vaccination of teenagers and adults on a fee-for-service
After November 1, 1992, the vaccine was changed to a
recombinant yeast vaccine, with three doses at 0, 1,
and 6 months of age.
* HBsAg, hepatitis B surface antigen.
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elementary school children. To ensure the completeness of
vaccination, vaccine records were checked for all elemen-
tary school entrants. Those who failed to be vaccinated in
infancy were asked to receive the vaccine. Since 1992,
teenagers and adults have been encouraged to be vaccinated
on a fee-for-service basis. After November 1, 1992, the
vaccine used in the program was changed to recombinant
yeast vaccine with three doses at 0, 1, and 6 months of age.
In the first 15 months after the vaccination program was
implemented, the HBIG coverage rate was 77 percent in
27,375 infants born to highly infectious mothers, and hep-
atitis B vaccine coverage for the first, second, third, and
fourth doses was 88 percent, 86 percent, 84 percent, and
71 percent, respectively, among infants born to 55,620 car-
rier mothers (31). A survey among preschool children in
central Taiwan carried out by Lin et al. (32) demonstrated
that the hepatitis B vaccination rate of preschool children
was 98 percent, and the complete vaccination rate (three or
four doses of hepatitis B vaccine) was 94 percent. The
HBsAg-seropositive rate was 4.5 percent among incomplete
vaccinees and 1.3 percent among complete vaccinees. Ac-
cording to Center for Disease Control statistics in Taiwan,
the overall vaccine coverage rates from July 1984 to Decem-
ber 2002 were 96.6 percent, 95.2 percent, and 92.8 percent
for the first, second, and third doses, respectively, among
5,188,929 newborns. The coverage rates for hepatitis B vac-
cine for targeted birth cohorts from 1984 to 2002 were all
morethan90percent(forthefirst,second,andthirddoses). The
results are shown in figure 1. Coverage in the nationwide
hepatitis B vaccination program has been considered com-
prehensive in the past 20 years.
Decrease in seroprevalence of HBsAg among children
born after the nationwide hepatitis B vaccination
program began
Serologic surveys of HBV infection are important tools
for monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of a vacci-
nation program. Table 3 summarizes the seroprevalence of
HBsAg among children born before and after the national
vaccination program was started. A study was conducted
among 3,464 randomly selected vaccinees from the national
vaccination program when they were 18 months of age.
Among 786 infants born to highly infectious carrier moth-
ers, the HBsAg-positivity rates were 14 percent for those
who had received both HBIG and vaccine on schedule and
20 percent for those who were givenvaccines without HBIG
on schedule (p < 0.05) (33). Seroprevalence of HBsAg in
both groups was far lower than among infants who were not
Center for Disease Control in Taiwan. 1999–2000 birth cohort: newborns born from July 1, 1999, to December 31, 2000 (1.5 years); 2001 birth
cohort: newborns born from January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2001; 2002 birth cohort: newborns born from January 1, 2002, to December 31,
2002. Since July 1986, all newborns weighing ?2,500 g have been vaccinated with four doses of plasma-derived hepatitis B vaccine at 0, 1, 2, and
12 months of age; after November 1, 1992, the vaccine used in the program was changed to recombinant yeast vaccine, with three doses at 0, 1,
and 6 months of age.
Coverage rates for hepatitis B vaccine among July 1984–December 2002 birth cohorts according to computerized data from the
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Very relaxing and intimate
The B&B was very clean and inviting when we first arrived. Justin the inn keeper was very nice and easy to talk to. He also provided us with a lot of information about the area as well. The view from the B&B was awesome. The room was nice and clean. The ambiance in the room provided a tranquil and relaxing feeling. The jacuzzi in the room was the best part. There's nothing like a long, hot relaxing bath to erase all the stress from everyday life. My husband and I went away to relax and catch up on some sleep and that is exactly what this B&B allowed us to do. The breakfast was excellent. I will certainly recommend this to all my "couple" friends as a romantic getaway. We will definitly be returning later this year!!
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The log cabin at Camp David was absolutely beautiful. It is a quaint cabin with all the luxuries of a 5 star hotel. The fire place, the shower, the hot tub, scenic view on the back porch, were all just wonderful.
It was a very romantic place to spend celebrating our anniversary. I hope we can return soon!
Absolutely Perfect!
My boyfriend and I stayed at the Lakeside B&B for a little Valentine's weekend getaway and it was absolutely perfect! The inn has almost a Mediterranean feel with picturesque little patios (all with great views of the pool or lake) and charming decor.
We stayed in the Medici Suite- very spacious bedroom with a large parlor area that led to the bathroom. Loved the "snuggle chair" in the parlor room- very comfy and it faced a large window with a great lake view.
Justin, the innkeeper, was fantastic! He was full of great information about the area and made the BEST breakfast. Delicious and freshly made scones and a full breakfast- what a perfect way to start our day!
We will definitely be back and will recommend to all of our family and friends. Thank you for a special and memorable weekend!!
Most memorable! A wonderful host, charming room, & breathtaking view
We had been on the road travelling South for several hours and were scheduled to check-in around 3:00 pm. We planned to back-track our steps to Austin for a concert. Austin proved very difficult to travel through and the weather wasn't favorable, so we decided to stay put in Austin and arrive to the Bed and Breakfast afterwards. The problem was, the concert started at 7:30 pm. By the time it ended, we would arrive at the B&B around midnight. With troubled heart, I called the B&B and talked to Justin. He was so kind... he thanked me for my call and offered to meet us when we arrived, to let us in. How gracious a guest is this? Otherwise, our excitement over seeing Steven Curtis Chapman would have been dashed, not to mention the expense lost in our purchased tickets.
Afterwards, we braved the weather and now, darkness and found our way to the Lakehouse B&B. We used Mapquest printouts and some additional directions provided by Justin sent via Email a few days prior to our departure. This was yet, another courtesy over and beyond my expectations.
We called Justin when we were a few hundred yards from the B&B and he met us there... carried our luggage, was so kind to insure our welcome. I might remind you, this is around 12:30 am.
We stayed in the Metropolitan Room. It was not only a wonderful and comfortable room, the view was breathtaking. The breakfasts were wonderful and the atmosphere, relaxing. My wife and I enjoyed walking the stone path and sipping our coffee together on a park bench at the lakes edge. This was our honeymoon and it was beautiful. We were tickled to see the deer walking throughout the neighborhood, like domestic pets. We stayed two days and wished for more. We plan to return.
To any reading this review, you'll love visiting the Lakehouse Bed and Breakfast. Check out the website, it's well designed and I'm sure you'll like what you see.
Justin, your Lakehouse and your kindness was such a blessing... yet you thank me? Thank you! We had a wonderful visit! Friend, God bless you and your beautiful home.
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Peaceful, Quiet, & Comfortable
We only stayed one night, but it was very pleasant. The B&B is located on a quiet street and overlooks Canyon Lake. It has a European feel to it, which pleased my wife as she is from Europe. The rooms each have their own small refrigerator, TV, & DVD player. The TVs were small (looked like 19 inch screens) but we weren't there to watch television, so this wasn't really an issue. We reserved the Metropolitain Room which offered the best view of the lake and has its own second floor private balcony. We booked a weekend that was during the non-peak season and as it turned out, were the only guests that weekend. The owner was very hospitable and offered us the option to choose whatever room we wanted to stay in at no extra cost. Breakfast was very extremely pleasing to the eye and palate. If you are looking for a quiet, serene setting with romantic and comfortable accomodations, this is the place. The owner is very friendly, accomodating, and knowledgable about the surrounding communities and dining establishments in the area. Look forward to another visit.
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My husband and I went to Canyon Lake to celebrate our recent wedding anniversary. We found The Lakehouse at Canyon Lakes after reviewing different website. This trip was absolutely wonderful! The owner, Justin, was the perfect host. And, I must add, makes the best scones we've ever tasted! The lake views are amazing. We will definitely be making a trip back to The Lakehouse. You will love this place!
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My husband and I stayed at Lakehouse B&B for one night as a last minute weekend getaway. We were there for such a short amount of time, but every minute of it was wonderful and relaxing. Justin, the owner, was such a great host. We didn't get a chance to use the pool or hot tub, but both looked very inviting. Our room, the Medici Suite, was perfect! Everything is decorated really nicely with a Mediterranean look - not too themey though. The bed was super comfortable. The breakfast was incredible! We can't wait to go back and stay longer. We would highly recommend this place to our closest friends and family.
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Last week, I took a mini-vacation to San Antonio to spend time w/ my boyfriend. We decided to book a Friday night at the Lakehouse Bed & Breakfast at Canyon Lake. From the website and searches, it looked like a really romantic and gorgeous place to stay. When we got there Friday afternoon it looked better in person than in the pictures. The room was gorgeous and the lakeside view was amazing! Too bad we didn't get to take a dip.
The main reason for staying in a B/B is because it's more personal and the service is better. But for ME, the main reason is the full breakfast! Yum! After a long night of relaxing in the hot tub and falling asleep while watching SuperSize Me (yeah, we're an exciting couple!), it was nice to wake up to a wonderfully prepared breakfast.
The innkeeper was nice too. He was attentive and friendly... but we tried not to bother him and his family too much.
After weeks of postponing my trip to SA, it was nice to finally get everything in place and have a relaxing and much-needed weekend! If you're looking for a romantic place to get away for a night, this B/B is it!
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Seclusion, Luxury & Relaxation all in one. This is how to accurately describe my recent B-day weekend getaway. Justin, the innkeeper/owner, was a pleasant and gracious host. He even provided directions from the B&B to an area restaurant and winery that my fiancee wanted to surprise me with (helping him make his surprise romantic getaway come off without a hitch!). The three-course breakfast served to us on our private patio (Metropolitan Room) was amazing and delectable! We look forward to getting the word out and returning to this jewel of a B&B. You will not be disappointed...enjoy!
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Fantastic B&B right on Canyon Lake. The owners are great people and the husband, Justin, does a fantastic breakfast in the mornings. If you are in the area, this place is a must stay. They have 3 bedrooms and all are very nice. If you have a choice, ask for the Le Metropolitan Room as it has its own private balcony where you dine in the mornings overlooking the lake. The B&B even has its own swimming pool and hot tub. I cannot recommend this place enough.While there, please say "hello" to Jack, Chaucer and of course, Ms Magic!
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