Modelling the Effects of Public Health Education in the Spread of Hepatitis B Disease
Abstract
Description
This paper presents a mathematical model that captures some essential
dynamics of Hepatitis B transmission to study the impacts of public
health educational campaign in preventing the disease. The educational
induced reproduction number Re is compared with the basic reproduction
number R0 to assess the possible benefits to be obtained from this
control measure. Numerical results and sensitivity analysis are carried
out to support the analytical results and determine the parameters in-
fluencing the dynamics of the disease. It is indicated that in the presence
of public health education campaign, transmission of infection decreases
when people are aware of the disease, implying that the number of acute
and chronic infected individuals decrease as well.
Keywords
Hepatitis B, Public health education, Reproduction number