Practise safer sex - use a condom or dam when having vaginal, anal or oral sex. Hepatitis B. This includes countries in Southeast Asia, the Pacific Islands, Western Africa and the Indian sub-continent. Anyone who handles blood or bodily secretions such as health care workers. The vaccine is available through all sexual health clinics and general practitioners. The vaccine consists of a course of three injections completed over six months.
More rapid courses are also available.
The most common side effect is transient tenderness at the site of the injection. Always use condoms with new sexual partners or unvaccinated partners. Do not donate blood, semen or organs. Do not share razors or tooth brushes. Do not share needles or syringes.